Does Axis or Apache httpd provide a facility for starting or initializing web services when the web server is started? My web service is designed to read configuration files and create database connection pools when the web service is called the first time. The problem with this approach is the first user to call the web service experiences an additional delay caused by this one-time initialization. I remember the iPlanet web server had a feature for initializing java servlets when the web server started. I hope a similar feature exists with Apache httpd or Axis. Thanks.
Regards,
Brian
