Not that I know of. The closest Apache SOAP comes is that a service defined as "application" scope will have a single instance instantiated on the first call to the service, then that instance will be used for all subsequent calls, too.
Scott Nichol Do not send e-mail directly to this e-mail address, because it is filtered to accept only mail from specific mail lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:29 AM Subject: Automatic object creation Hi, Is there a way to create an object of standard Java class deployed on the container as Web Service, automatically after a Web Server (Jetty) starts?? MW.