Miscellany

/*
 * CustomerListener.java
 *
 * Created on 30 November 2006, 18:44
 */

package cbcc.org.listeners;

import cbcc.org.listeners.Customer;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;

/**
 *
 * @author  Owner
 * @version
 *
 * Web application lifecycle listener.
 */

public class CustomerListener implements ServletContextListener {
    /**
     * ### Method from ServletContextListener ###
     * 
     * Called when a Web application is first ready to process requests
     * (i.e. on Web server startup and when a context is added or reloaded).
     * 
     * For example, here might be database connections established
     * and added to the servlet context attributes.
     */
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent evt) {
        
        //create list of customers
        List customersList = new LinkedList();
        
        //create customers
        Customer c = new Customer();
        Customer c2 = new Customer();
        c2.setName("bob");
        
       //add customers to list
        customersList.add(c);
        customersList.add(c2);
       
        //add list to context
        evt.getServletContext().setAttribute("customersList", customersList);
    }

    /**
     * ### Method from ServletContextListener ###
     * 
     * Called when a Web application is about to be shut down
     * (i.e. on Web server shutdown or when a context is removed or reloaded).
     * Request handling will be stopped before this method is called.
     * 
     * For example, the database connections can be closed here.
     */
    public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent evt) {
        // TODO add your code here e.g.:
        /*
                Connection con = (Connection) e.getServletContext().getAttribute("con");
                try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignored) { } // close connection
        */
    }
}