Sorry for the late response. If I'm understanding what you want, it's a bit problematic for a Bean. But a first try is something like:
<jsp:useBean id="termWatch" class="termwatch.TermWatchBean" scope="session"/> <jsp:setProperty name="termWatch" property="application" value="<%= application %>" /> </jsp:useBean> The setApplication method of TermWatchBean would check if the properties are already defined in the ServletContext, and act accordingly. Of course, I can see infinite variations on this theme. If this isn't the one you want, please reply with more detail. "Jeff Ousley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Bill, > > Is there a way to make the constructor in the bean > global to all sessions? Is there some other mechanisim > that allows for this? I want to initialize some > objects that will exist for all users of a .jsp page. > How do I go about doing this? > > thanks! > -jeff > --- Bill Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Jeff Ousley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hello! > > > > > > Is there a method I can override in a bean that'll > > get > > > executed when a bean is first used and not on > > > subsequent calls? Basically I'm page that uses a > > bean > > > such as: > > > > > > <jsp:useBean id="termwatch" > > > class="termwatch.TermWatchBean" scope="session"/> > > > > > > In order to use the termwatch bean some code > > inside > > > the bean needs to be executed first. I can create > > a > > > method and explicitly call it, but is there a > > better > > > way? Do beans have cnstructors? Or should I be > > > handling this on my page in a jspInit() method? > > > > > > > It is perfectly legal to specify a constructor for > > your bean, as long as it > > takes no arguments. > > > > > thanks! > > > -jeff > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > > now. > > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
