listener

[Niu Xiuyuan]

we define a lot listener classes in web.xml descriptor
lg.
<listener>
<listene-class>MySessionAttributeListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<listener>
<listene-class>MyContextAttributeListener</listener-class>
</listener>
my question is how do the server know which class is tied by listner class?

[Guy Allard]

Well, out on a little limb ....
The container uses the Java Reflection API. The relevant packages are java.lang.reflect and java.lang.Class.
The class is coded in web.xml.
The container looks at that and determines the interface which is implemented (not the class).
It thus knows what to call under what curcumstances.
G.