Load on start up tag

Question

Hello
In web.xml, Can anyone please explain what this tag mean?.
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
Is it indicate order of servlet to be loaded or number of instances
Thanks & Regards
-ARafique

Answer 1

Hi,
Not sure that i was wrong.
look at this example with JSF ans Tiles.
<servlet>
  <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
  <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
  <servlet-name>TilesServet</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesServlet</servlet-class>
  <init-param>
   <param-name>definitions-config</param-name>
   <param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml</param-value>
  </init-param>
  <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
Pay attention to the load-on-startup tag. The Tiles Servlet should be loaded after the Faces Servlet. This is important! URL of this source.
http://forum.exadel.com/viewtopic.php?t=968
That's what BEA says
WebLogic Server initializes this servlet when WebLogic Server starts up. The content of this element must be a positive integer indicating the order in which the servlet should be loaded. Lower integers are loaded before higher integers. If no value is specified, or if the value specified is not a positive integer, WebLogic Server can load the servlet in any order in the startup sequence.Sebastien Degardin.