Does <listener> element cannot be before <context-param>

Hi I'm preparing for SCWCD.

In one of mock questions is mentioned that <listener> element cannot be before <context-param> in web.xml.
I think that is not true. Am I right?

I think the order used to matter in earlier versions of Servlets where the web.xml was validated against a DTD, this is however no longer applicable...

I think the order used to matter in earlier versions of Servlets where the web.xml was validated against a DTD, this is however no longer applicable...

This is correct...I tried deploying the following...

...and there was no problem, listener perfectly worked.

Hope this will help you...regards

many thanks, it helped a lot :-)