On 24/11/2010 15:38, Rob Gregory wrote:
> Hi Guys,
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> Am I correct in my assumption that servlet filters are started before
> servlets and that the context listeners are not fired until both the
> filters and servlets have been initialised?

ServletContextListeners first, before Filters & Servlets.


> What I am trying to do is
> run some code before the context is started which is actually going to
> copy a mycontext.xml into another mysecondcontext.xml (using
> docBase="single_webapp_location"). which would then get auto deployed
> into Tomcat creating the 2nd context. 

I'm not sure that's such a good idea.

> As part of this process I also
> need to copy some files from a 'location' into the docBase and suspect
> that this will cause Tomcat to reload both contexts. 

Depends how you're configured.  It might.

> Is there any entry point during Tomcat startup where I can do some work 
> before either
> contexts are started? 

LifecycleListener?
Look for examples at the beginning of server.xml.


p

> Tomcat is 6.0.29 under JDK 1.6
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> Thanks for any assistance. 
> 
> Rob
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