spring mvc servlet initialization

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I am new to spring MVC. I am looking for a place in my spring mvc applicationwhere I can initialize all sorts of things in the application. usually I did that in the init() method of the my main servlet but now the dispatcher servlet is of spring and I cannot overide the init function.

what is the best practice?

Thanks.

Mike G · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-06 20:33:45Z

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Use a ServletContextListener and define it in web.xml:

<listener>
    <listener-class>com.company.YourListenerClass</listener-class>
</listener>

(you make a class which implements ServletContextListener and implement the contextInitialized() method, where you place your initialization code)

edited Apr 6, 2011 at 20:33

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answered Jan 5, 2010 at 12:46

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rperez Over a year ago

Thanks it works. Is this a common practice for initialization?

Bozho Over a year ago

yes, it is. The interface is in the servlet API and is meant exactly for this purpose.

kgiannakakis · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-05 12:48:57Z

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All beans can have an init-method. See the documentation. I suppose that the best practice will be to use this method for every bean you define. A bean can have references to other beans if this is required.

answered Jan 5, 2010 at 12:48

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