Perhaps this will work, though I am not so certain of the life cycle of a
servlet to say for sure:
Define the default (i.e. no argument) constructor for SuperServlet (its
signature is: SuperServlet() ) within which you call init. Any child of
SuperServlet should then automagically call init (or any override of it)
when its own default constructor is invoked: default constructors are
automatically invoked to the top of the inheritance hierarchy.
Dr. Wo
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> From: Jill Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:52:03 -0500
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Using a servlet superclass
>
> I have a number of servlets in my application that need to
> perform common initialisation, etc. So I was thinking of
> creating a superclass that has an init method that does all
> of the common work, eg.,
>
> public class SuperServlet extends HttpServlet {
> public void init() {
> // do common initialisation stuff in here
> } // init
> } // SuperServlet
>
> Then all the workers servlets would extend SuperServlet
> rather than HttpServlet, eg.,
>
> public class WorkerServlet extends SuperServlet {
> ...
> } // WorkerServlet
>
> This seems to be OK, until I implement init in the
> WorkerServlet, as the init method in the SuperServlet
> does not then get invoked. While I can call super.init()
> in the WorkServlet, I want this to be handled automatically
> as I can bet on someone forgetting this step, eg.,
>
> public class WorkerServlet extends SuperServlet {
> public void init() {
> // don't want to have to make this call ==> super.init();
> } // init
> ...
> } // WorkerServlet
>
> Is there any way to implement this ?
>
> ----
> Jill
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