To be precise, put this in your WEB-INF/web.xml file:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>initializerServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.acme.InitializerServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
If you don't want your servlet callable directly (just loaded on startup)
then don't bother defining a servlet-mapping for it.
Regards,
Simon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Mack [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:15 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: how to run a class on startup of tomcat ??
>
> Just set the "load-on-startup" to a positive integer for this servlet in
> web.xml.
>
> Tschau
> Christian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael P. McCutcheon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:22 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: how to run a class on startup of tomcat ??
> >
> >
> > How do you get it to load the servlet automatically, without
> > running it,
> > when Tomcat is started?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christian Mack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:51 AM
> > Subject: RE: how to run a class on startup of tomcat ??
> >
> >
> > > Hi Sudheshna
> > >
> > > That's easy.
> > > Just use a servlet which gets startet on tomcats startup.
> > > In it's init() just start your Runnable.
> > > The doXXX() methods are empty, as this servlet will never be called.
> > >
> > > Tschau
> > > Christian
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sudheshna Methuku [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:25 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc: Subhashini Chirunomula; Marthi Nalini
> > > > Subject: how to run a class on startup of tomcat ??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > We have a startup class which needs to be run when tomcat is
> > > > started. Could
> > > > anyone pl. tell us how it is possible. The startup class is
> > > > not a servlet,
> > > > it implements runnable and it in turn starts some more threads.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Sudheshna.M.
> > > >
> > >
> >
