<load-on-startup> in your WEB-INF/web.xml is the element. Have a look in the servlet specifications for a fuller description. Hamish
> -----Original Message----- > From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 8:43 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: global.jsa > > > Interesting. I was aware of the application scope option > which is cool ... > but not exactly what I was looking for. Running a servlet > onStartup is an > intriquing suggestion though. I didn't know you could do > that....I think > that's what I'm looking for! :) > > Cool...I'm going to read more about it. Do you know the > syntax of the top > of your head for specifying an onStartup servlet in the web.xml file? > > Thanks for your help. > > Neal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barney Hamish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:14 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: global.jsa > > > Why don't you just declare the object you want to use as > having application > scope? That way the first time you use it it will be initialized? > > Alternatively you can specify servlets that should be run on > start-up in the > web.xml if you want some kind of java daemon running. > > Hamish > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:56 AM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: RE: global.jsa > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > No global.jsa, eeh? > > > > The web.xml is a good way to go if you have flat variables > > that you want > > placed into the application object ... but can you > instantiate objects > > there? Can you specify scope of those objects or will it presume > > application scope? > > > > THanks. > > Neal > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barney Hamish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 1:30 AM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: global.jsa > > > > > > You can use the WEB-INF/web.xml to similar effect or you can > > also declare > > objects to have application scope, then you have a global > > object that you > > can access anywhere. > > Hamish > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:15 AM > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: global.jsa > > > > > > > > > Is there such a thing as a global.jsa file in Tomcat? > > > > > > I first saw this concept (an idea taken from ASP's > > > global.asa) implemented > > > in JRUN. > > > > > > If there is a global.jsa, does anyone know of any docs on > > > this? If not, is > > > there an alternative? The reason I would want to use this is > > > to instantiate, > > > populate, and cache a few objects upon startup of the > > application. If > > > Tomcat does not provide a global.jsa...does anyone know how > > > otherwise to > > > achieve the goal? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Neal > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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]> > > > > > > -- > > 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]> > > > -- > 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]>
