JSP load on startup

[Jason Brawner]

I used the following xml in my deployment descriptor expecting Tomcat4 to
generate a servlet from my jsp within the work directory on startup.
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Home</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/home.jsp</jsp-file>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Home</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/home.jsp</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
It appears to have done nothing. The servlet isn't generated until I
request home.jsp for the first time. Shouldn't
it have compiled, loaded and initialized my jsp when Tomcat started?

[JiaPei Jen]

I think that the load-on-startup tag is to pre-compile a servlet. In WebLogic, we use context-param tag in the web.xml file to precompile a JSP.

[Jason Brawner]

Yes, the load-on-startup tag does load a servlet. I just assumed it would work for a JSP as well. I know Jasper, an Apache product, will compile the JSP but I would also like it loaded when tomcat starts.

[JiaPei Jen]

I have never used Tomcat. May be somebody else could help?