Vineesh, You should probably use a ServletContextListener . It will give you control when the web application starts and when it ends, among otherevents. It is pretty well described in the servlet spec and is pretty simple.
HTH -Richard -----Original Message----- From: vineesh kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 12:22 AM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: How to load a class when tomcat starts Hi all, I need to load a java class when tomcat starts, which will initializes some configuration files and so i can use the fields in the class throught the environment.How can i do this.? Actually I am working on a distributed application, so the configuration files may change frequently but once the system is initialized it will not change until shut down. regards vineesh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
