That worked. Thanks, Craig.
"Craig McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/18/2007 12:16 PM Please respond to "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> To "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> cc Subject Re: how to execute one-time start-up code? On 5/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Calling FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() returns null from my own ServletContextListener.contextInitialized(), even though I've written the web.xml like so: <listener> <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class> </listener> <listener> <!-- Our context listener must come AFTER MyFaces's ContextListener --> <listener-class>com.myco.MyServletContextListener</listener-class> </listener> This is using JBoss 4.x. Is there any way to force MyFaces' ContextListener to execute first? Ordering will not make any difference, because there never will be a FacesContext at initialization time ... that only happens when a request comes in. However, you can still easilhy initialize application scope attributes, because your contextInitialized() method gets a n indirect reference to the ServletContext, so you can just store an attribute there. Once you start processing requests, these attributes will be pre-existing application scope beans. public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) { ServletContext context = event.getServletContext(); Foo foo = new Foo(...); context.setAttribute("foo", foo); } Craig _________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the material from any computer. Thank you.
