struts servlet init

[prabakaran perumal]

I have extended struts Actionservlet to myservlet class.

myservlet class init method two times called.i don't know why.

Please update your comments.

init method code

public void init() throws ServletException {
try {
/** Get the ServletContext * */
ServletContext servletContext = this.getServletContext();


/** Initialize the logger * */
loadInitLogging();

/** Initialize the PropertyFileReader * */
loadPropertyFileReader(servletContext);

/** Logs the JDBC information * */
displayJDBCInfo();

/** Loads the Master Table values * */
loadMasterTableValues();


/** This method tiggers 12 AM of everyday
* and reloads the master table values
*/
//TimerJob.invokeTimer();


} catch (Exception e) {
LOG.error("Unexcepted error occurred", e);
LOG.error(e.getMessage());
}

super.init();
}
[ July 10, 2007: Message edited by: prabakaran perumal ]

[Ben Souther]

Moving over to our Struts forum.

[Wes Wannemacher]

I personally prefer to keep this sort of application startup logic out of Struts altogether. I would suggest creating a single method/API/class (whichever best suits your needs) and then using a ServletContextFilter to run your initialization.

Take a look at ServletContextFilters here -

http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/04/12/listeners.html

[Merrill Higginson]

I agree with Wes that it's just not not a good idea to override the ActionServlet for this type of initialization stuff.

I'd suggest you write a class that implements the org.apache.struts.action.Plugin interface and register it as a plugin in your struts-config.xml file. Anything you put in the implemetation of the init(..) method will be called by Struts ActionServlet when it ititializes.