You are trying to load it up via HTTP? That seems a bit overkill when you
are on the same server. Just load it like this...

context.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/config/myfile.xml");

Should be able to use something like an Entity resolver to provide the
schema. This is done commonly for DTD's. You specify a URL location, but
load the schema off the classpath instead.


Jake


At 08:21 PM 4/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Justin,
>
>I followed your advice immediately, but the exact same thing happens.
>
>Just to restate the issue, my servlet hangs because it needs to obtain an
>XML Schema from localhost:8080. But it can't get it, because Tomcat won't
>finish loading until the servlet is finished. But the servlet won't finish
>until Tomcat finishes loading. Etcetera, etcetera ad infinitum.
>
>I've got some sort of logic issue here. If I want to kick off a program
>that polls a directory for XML files, should I probably do something where I
>kick off an independent thread, so that Tomcat is not waiting for my program
>to finish (which if it's a good poller, it never will)?
>
>Thanks,
>Adrian
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adrian Klingel [mailto:Adrian.Klingel@(protected)]
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:52 PM
>To: Adrian Klingel - Exaweb
>Subject: FW: Tomcat stops loading when I run my servlet with
><load-on-startup>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin Ruthenbeck [mailto:justinr@(protected)]
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:47 PM
>To: Tomcat Users List
>Subject: Re: Tomcat stops loading when I run my servlet with
><load-on-startup>
>
>
>
>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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