How to test load-on-startup in Eclipse

[yusuf Kaplan]

Hi all,

I configured a servlet with load-on-startup 1, but the Servlet is still load when it is requested. I expected it to load when the container is started.
I verified it by debugging my example app using Eclipse and Tomcat.
I tried without "load-on-startup 1" and started my form.html with "Debug on Server." The debugger went into doPost after I clicked Submit on my form. Thats fine.
But with "load-on-startup 1" I expect the debugger to go into doPost right after I "Debug on Server" the form.html.
Is my expectation correct here?

Cheers,
Y

[Roel De Nijs]

No, not correct.

load-on-startup defines when your servlet is loaded. The doGet and doPost methods have nothing to do with it. They are just invoked on each GET- or POST-reguest

Override the init-method and put a breakpoint on a line in this method. For example:

  public void init() {
    System.out.println( getServletName() + ": initialised" );
  }

[yusuf Kaplan]

Thanks for the answer which solved my problem.