Kick-off Java pgm when tomcat starts

[Morrison Julia]

I've developed a web application and some standalone application. The standalone application is a batch process, developed using java. the batch process runs once in ever hr and i am using timer object to kick off the batch process every hr. the problem is initially someone has to call the timer object to kick off the batch process. now the question is how to automate starting the timer object ? I have a web application already running. is there a way i can attach the timer object to tomcat server ? basically whenever someone starts tomcat server, the timer object needs to be called.

[Jaikiran Pai]

You could use a Servlet which is loaded on startup as part of your web application(i.e. a startup servlet). This startup servlet can then start the timer.

[Morrison Julia]

i am not sure startup servlet is a right solution but after some more research I found "Java Service Wrapper" (http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/introduction.html) is the right solution.

thanks a lot for the startup servlet suggestion !!!

[Ben Souther]

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