Embedding tomcat to run as a webserver

Question

Hi,
I have compiled the Embedded.java source code to work in my environment.
But the code includes the Thread.sleep , without that the code will terminate.
So the webserver is running only for the time x,
Thread.sleep(x)
The sample code is:
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
EmbeddedTomcat tomcat = new EmbeddedTomcat();
     tomcat.setPath("d:/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.1");
tomcat.startTomcat();
Thread.sleep(1000000);
tomcat.stopTomcat();
how to avoid the thread.sleep so that the webserver is running continuously until it is shutdown explicitly
Thanks

Answer 1

Try running the tomcat service (embedded.start()) in a separate thread. I got the Embedded.java example working in this fashion by extending Thread and moving the code in the startTomcat() method to the public void run() method. To start the service, just call this.start(). Hope this helps...