This isn't a request thread... It is spawned from a ServletContextListener.
I am still playing around, I have a ServletContext object right now (in the debugger) and I'm seeing if I can get the container from there. I'll check out Ben's solution and see if that helps. -Wes On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM, John Lindal <lind...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > The simplest solution - if it's possible - is to make the spawned thread a > parent of the request thread, and then grab what you need from the parent > thread as soon as the child thread starts. > > Does Struts2 use InheritableThreadLocal? If it did, this would be even > easier. > > John > > > On 2/10/11 11:02 AM, "Wes Wannemacher" <w...@wantii.com> wrote: > > Because, I'm not in a request-processing thread... > > In this app, I have a ServletContextListener that launches threads for > managing some housekeeping stuff (in this case, looking for specific > xml files in jars). I need the configured packages (PackageConfigs) > within one of these threads. > > I did try to get the Dispatcher instance, but it kept coming back > null, which led me to dig a bit and then I realized that I am not in a > request processing thread (neither is the ServletContextListener that > launched the thread). I am going to try to poke around the > ServletContext to see if I can get the container that way. > > -Wes > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Maurizio Cucchiara > <maurizio.cucchi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wes, >> to be frankly I didn't get what you said. >> >> Dispatcher.getInstance().getContainer() should be yield a container >> reference (among the other things it's the better way a know in order >> to do that). >> >> What's the problem with the threadlocal stuff? >> >> On 10 February 2011 17:43, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> wrote: >>> Guys, >>> >>> I am in a non-struts environment (spring class, loaded by a customer >>> ServletContextListener), and I am trying to get my hands on the Struts >>> 2 configuration. I first tried to do - >>> >>> Dispatcher.getInstance().getContainer() >>> >>> But, the dispatcher instance is a threadlocal. I don't really care >>> about the dispatcher, I'd just like to get a ref to the container. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -Wes >>> >>> -- >>> Wes Wannemacher >>> >>> Head Engineer, WanTii, Inc. >>> Need Training? Struts, Spring, Maven, Tomcat... >>> Ask me for a quote! >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Maurizio Cucchiara >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > > > > -- > Wes Wannemacher > > Head Engineer, WanTii, Inc. > Need Training? Struts, Spring, Maven, Tomcat... > Ask me for a quote! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > > -- Wes Wannemacher Head Engineer, WanTii, Inc. Need Training? Struts, Spring, Maven, Tomcat... Ask me for a quote! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org
