https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54713
Bug ID: 54713 Summary: <load-on-startup>, @WebServlet(loadOnStartup) do not trigger initialization of Servlet on startup. Product: Tomcat 8 Version: trunk Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: regression Priority: P2 Component: Catalina Assignee: dev@tomcat.apache.org Reporter: nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net Classification: Unclassified With the below simple deployment descriptor, the init() method on my Servlet does not execute until the first request comes in for that Servlet: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" version="3.0"> <display-name>Template Application</display-name> <servlet> <servlet-name>clusterNode1</servlet-name> <servlet-class>com.wrox.ClusterNodeServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>nodeId</param-name> <param-value>1</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>clusterNode1</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/clusterNode1</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app> Likewise, with the below annotation, the Servlet still does not get initialized until the first request comes in. @WebServlet( name = "clusterNode1", urlPatterns = "/clusterNode1", loadOnStartup = 1 ) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org