That's what init() is there for. Just note that the container is allowed to unload and reload servlets at any time it wants to so your init() and destroy() methods aren't guaranteed to run just once. If you have application initialization that you want to happen once and only once during the entire run of the application, look into putting that code in the contextInitialized() method of a servlet context listener.
Jake
At 05:40 PM 12/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Well, that must be it then! I should just move all my code that i want inited to the init then righ? Is that safe to do?Thanks! On Thursday 12 December 2002 16:19, Jacob Kjome wrote: > Hello Alexander, > > Note that loading on startup only calls the init() method. It does not > call doGet() or anything like that. Just making sure you understood that. > > Jake > > Thursday, December 12, 2002, 4:09:41 PM, you wrote: > > AW> Hi there... I have 1 servlet to start at startup, but it doesnt. If i > call the AW> servlet from a browser, it starts fine. > > AW> My web.xml has: > > AW> <servlet> > AW> <servlet-name>Startup</servlet-name> > AW> <description>Servlet that starts different startup classes and > AW> stuff.</description> > AW> <servlet-class>com.difh.servlets.Startup</servlet-class> > AW> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> > AW> </servlet> > > AW> and > > AW> <servlet-mapping> > AW> <servlet-name>Startup</servlet-name> > AW> <url-pattern>/srv/com.difh.servlets.Startup</url-pattern> > AW> </servlet-mapping> > > AW> Any clues as to why this doesn't get run when tomcat starts? > > AW> Thanks! > > > AW> -- > AW> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AW> For additional > commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
