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Honyk,
On 10/14/13 3:21 PM, honyk wrote:
> in my web app I use Java 7 directory watcher feature.
>
> When the final war file is placed into Webapps folder and Tomcat is
> started, it freezes as it waits forever for any directory changes
> (the app is loaded on tomcat startup).
Thread dump?
> I use the following workaround - calling my watcher code in a new
> Thread (in the context init phase).
>
> It does the job, but I am not sure if this is the best solution.
> Couldn't be the same effect achieved using specific tomcat
> options?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks, Jan
>
>
> package my.util.jobticketprocessor;
>
> import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent; import
> javax.servlet.ServletContextListener; import org.slf4j.Logger;
> import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
>
> public class ContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
>
> private static final Logger LOGGER =
> LoggerFactory.getLogger(ContextListener.class.getName()); private
> Thread threadA;
>
> @Override public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event)
> { LOGGER.info("Watcher - right before the init.");
>
> threadA = new Thread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run()
> { LOGGER.info("Thread - right before the init.");
> JobTicketWatcher.getInstance().initProcessor();
This isn't part of the Java API. What does
JobTicketWatcher.initProcessor do?
- -chris
> LOGGER.info("Thread - right after the init."); } }, "Thread A");
>
> threadA.start();
>
> LOGGER.info("Watcher has been initialized successfully."); }
>
> @Override public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event)
> { JobTicketWatcher.getInstance().terminateProcessor(); try {
> threadA.join(); LOGGER.info("Thread has been terminated."); } catch
> (InterruptedException e) { LOGGER.error("Thread terminating has
> failed."); } LOGGER.info("Watcher has been terminated."); } }
If you are "joining" a thread in your contextDestroyed method, then it
stands to reason that you are expecting it to be long-running. Since
the file-change notification API is supposed to be asynchronous, why
do you expect that thread to run for the life of your webapp?
Furthermore, what steps are you taking to make sure that your thread
actually stops, and that contextDestroyed() doesn't then hang forever?
- -chris
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