Like I always say - every servlet /
jsp developer should download a copy of the API from java.sun.com
You will find that there is a load-on-startup tag used in the description of a jsp or servlet in the web.xml file.
You can even specify the order in which servlets are loaded.
Here is an example of the use:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>webdav</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>debug</param-name>
<param-value>0</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>listings</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
Bill
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