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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:15:22 -0400
From: Bo Xu <bo@cybershop.ca>
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Subject: Re: How can I make tomcat to instantiate a class
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> ...But actually my problem was to instantiate a class when
> tomcat boots up...so that i can use that object across sessions.Can u
> suggest something towarsd this.
> [...]

Hi :-)  I find the following is from servlet-2_3-pfd2-spec.pdf(for
Servlet containers which supports Servlet spec2.3):

*
...
SRV.10.2.2 An Example of Listener Use
To illustrate a use of the event scheme, consider a simple web application
containing a number of servlets that make use of a database. The developer
has provided a serv-let context listener class for management of the database
connection.
1. When the application starts up, the listener class is notified. The
application logs on to the database, and stores the connection in the
servlet context.

2. Servlets in the application access the connection as needed during
activity in the web application.

3. When the web server is shut down, or the application is removed from
the web server, the listener class is notified and the database connection is
closed.
...


* and I think perhaps there is another way:
   - make a "startupServlet", and in its "servlet-declaration" in
     WEB-INF/web.xml, set the following:
      <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
      now/so when TC is started, the "init" method of this "startupServlet"
      will be invoked by container
   - in the "init" method in this "startupServlet", a SingleTon pattern
     "startupUtility" is instantiated: for example, by invoking a public static
     "Factory method":
      public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException{
          super.init(config);
          ...
          startupUtility.makeInstance();
          ...
      }

   - now after a while(instantiating time),  a instance of  startupUtility is
available
     (for example, a DBConnectionpool)


Bo
June 14, 2001