java - Tomcat after Startup Event with spring

Question

I have a function I want to execute straight after tomcat has started and loaded all its attributes successfully. I don't want to use ServletContextListener as this will require the function to start before tomcat starts. Can someone suggest how to go about this?

Answer 1

ServletContextListener.contextInitialized(..) is the method that is called after all servlets and filters have initialized for a given application.

• if there are multiple ServletContextListeners, some of them are called before the others (logically)
• if there are multiple applications (hence multiple contexts) some of them are started before others.

Update I will now assume your setup, although you didn't share it:

• you start spring via a listener (and not with a servlet)
• you configure hibernate within spring

In that case, you have two options:

• define your ServletContextListener after the one for spring in web.xml, thus guaranteeing it will be invoked after it
• use spring's lifecycle processor