Yes. Rip out the load-on-startup. Now. Don't wait till
Monday. Replace with a context listener (see:
javax.servlet.ServletContextListener). Relax and have a stress-free
weekend.

justin

At 01:55 PM 4/23/2004, you wrote:
>Look at listeners. I think there was a similar thread a while back and the
>solution was to have a listener kick off the servlet after all the other
>processes were done. You could also have your servlet start and then wait
>for a certain amount of time, to allow time for all other processes to
>start.
>
>Doug
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Adrian Klingel" <Adrian.Klingel@(protected)>
>To: <tomcat-user@(protected)>
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 4:03 PM
>Subject: Tomcat stops loading when I run my servlet with <load-on-startup>
>
>
> > I have a servlet which calls a method on itself to poll a directory for
>XML
> > files. When one is found, another method ("read()" is called which
> then
> > creates a SAX parser and attempts to validate the file against an XML
> > schema. Upon calling the "parse()" method, Tomcat freezes. It doesn't
> > create or write to a log, and nothing else starts up. Nothing is
>accessible
> > on port 8080, because Tomcat doesn't make it to the point where it
> mounts
> > that port.
> >
> > When I remove the <load-on-startup> from this particular app's web.xml,
> > Tomcat completes its startup process and things are accessible. I can
>then
> > reintroduce the <load-on-startup> to the web.xml and Tomcat will
> > automatically kick off the servlet. This time nothing freezes, and the
> > program runs as it is supposed to.
> >
> > My program is attempting to validate this XML file against a schema
> which
>is
> > accessible locally on port 8080. But that port is prevented from
> becoming
> > available, so the program will just wait forever.
> >
> > My question is, how can I prevent my servlet from starting up until
> after
> > Tomcat has completed its startup procedure? I've specified higher
> numbers
> > in the <load-on-startup> element, but to no avail.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can offer.
> >
> >
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