If you use a servlet to initialize your lists, you can simply do a post to
this same servlet whenever you need to refresh... without bouncing the
servers. This can be a cron'd process or done automatically whenever you
edit the lists.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Natra, Uday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:34 AM
Subject: RE: how to cache lists?
> Alex, It is a good idea from a developers point of view. But when U say
this
> to an IT manager and also tell him that U have to restart the webserver
when
> ever new data is added, he/she will not allow U to do that. I faced the
same
> situation but gave up on the idea of caching the data at application
level.
>
> Thanks,
> Uday.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Colic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:15 AM
> To: Struts
> Subject: how to cache lists?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Lets say you have a web app that runs over a number of web pages in a
wizard
> fashion. On each one of these pages you need to present the user with a
> select box holding lists. e.g. locations, cities, etc. This data is read
> from a database and rarely changes.
>
> How would you cache these lists so that as each user access this site they
> do not need to have this info downloaded again?
>
> I was thinking in the init() of my ActionServlet to access the database
and
> get these lists then place them in the session with Application scope. I
> think this would allow each user to access the data without reaccessing
the
> database.
>
> Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Alex
>
