Use a servlet's init() method and have it load at startup. search google: tomcat web.xml load-on-startup
fillup On 5/30/02 1:05 AM, "rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a number of threads that I would like to launch when tomcat > loads. until recently I was just using the first request to launch them > but I would prefer that they just started automatically when tomcat starts. > > Is there any way to start new threads when tomcat is launched? > > Thanks > > Rob > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>