Can't get Servlet to Load On Startup

Question

          I am trying to get a servlet to run at startup, and I have put the xml below in WEB-INF/web.xml to make this happen, but it is not working. The servlet does not run at startup.
          Anybody have any idea what the problem is?
          <servlet>
               <servlet-name>Cocoon</servlet-name>
               <servlet-class>org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon</servlet-class>
               <init-param>
                    <param-name>properties</param-name>
                    <param-value>./WEB-INF/cocoon.properties</param-value>
               </init-param>
               <load-on-startup/>
          </servlet>
          <servlet-mapping>
               <servlet-name>Cocoon</servlet-name>
               <url-pattern>*.xml</url-pattern>
          </servlet-mapping>
          ALSO, The servlet in this case is the Cocoon servlet, and the reason I am trying to get it to run at startup is because in my application I am calling it from another servlet, instead of through a direct call to an *.xml file, and so it requires a direct call to Initialize the Cocoon Engine. So, if anyone knows anything about how to solve this problem, that would also be helpful.
          Thanks.
          Harris.
          

Answer 1

          Thank you!
          That worked.
          Ruslan Bilorusets <[email protected]> wrote:
          >Harris,
          >
          >Please, try to specify a value for the <load-on-startup> element. It looks like a bug in our code.
          >
          >So,
          ><load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
          >should do the trick.
          >
          >Thanks,
          >-ruslan
          >
          >harris wrote:
          >
          >> I am trying to get a servlet to run at startup, and I have put the xml below in WEB-INF/web.xml to make this happen, but it is not working. The servlet does not run at startup.
          >>
          >> Anybody have any idea what the problem is?
          >>
          >> <servlet>
          >> <servlet-name>Cocoon</servlet-name>
          >> <servlet-class>org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon</servlet-class>
          >> <init-param>
          >> <param-name>properties</param-name>
          >> <param-value>./WEB-INF/cocoon.properties</param-value>
          >> </init-param>
          >> <load-on-startup/>
          >> </servlet>
          >> <servlet-mapping>
          >> <servlet-name>Cocoon</servlet-name>
          >> <url-pattern>*.xml</url-pattern>
          >> </servlet-mapping>
          >>
          >> ALSO, The servlet in this case is the Cocoon servlet, and the reason I am trying to get it to run at startup is because in my application I am calling it from another servlet, instead of through a direct call to an *.xml file, and so it requires a direct call to Initialize the Cocoon Engine. So, if anyone knows anything about how to solve this problem, that would also be helpful.
          >>
          >> Thanks.
          >> Harris.
          >