starting servlet when application loads

[JohnV Varghese]

My problem is that I want a servlet to be loaded when my application is accessed the first time.
The application starts through a login page.
hence the servlet should be loaded AFTER the login page has been requested the first time
I am using tomcat 4.1.27
Pls help

[Andres Gonzalez]

hence the servlet should be loaded AFTER the login page has been requested the first time
AFTER, or before?
Anyways, I think what you're after is the tag <load-on-startup> in web.xml. It tells the servlet container to load and initialize the servlet when the container starts up. Have a look at it in the servlet specification.
[ November 02, 2003: Message edited by: Andres Gonzalez ]

[Celina Paul]

A servlet would be loaded when it is accessed for the first time..unless it has been specified as one of the "load-on-startup" servlets in the deployment descriptor as specified earlier.