Thanks Pid, see my comment below:- > -----Original Message----- > From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] > Sent: 24 November 2010 17:05 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Starup Order [Filters --> Servlets --> Context] > > On 24/11/2010 15:38, Rob Gregory wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > > > 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.
Ah, I was confusing the events being fired to the actual initialisation of the ServletContextListeners. > > > > 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. Is there a specific reason why not? How is doing this any different to manually creating the two context.xml files if I can create them before the contexts are initialised? > > > 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. I have a number of watched resources so I think it will unless I can copy the files before the contexts are initialised. > > > 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. Thanks for the pointer Pid. Most helpful. > > > p > > > Tomcat is 6.0.29 under JDK 1.6 > > > > > > > > Thanks for any assistance. > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
