To start up customer java class or jar file when Java EE server starts. The solution usually is
1. Via WAR, servlet ; set the = 1 tag for servlet to provide intial invocation while the WAR is deployed.
Like this J2ee Start a class when application server starts
2. Depends on Java EE server setup.
For example, using weblogic startup and shutdown mechanism for EAR, In the weblogic-application.xml ; placed the following
//config xml
<startup>
<startup-class>MyStartup</startup-class>
<startup-uri>MyArchive.jar</startup-uri>
</startup>
<shutdown>
<shutdown-class>MyShutdown</shutdown-class>
<shutdown-uri>MyArchive.jar</shutdown-uri>
</shutdown>
I used second approach, so everytime I redeployed the EAR application the shutdown class main method was executed and then startup class invoked.
3. Using JBoss MBean service
How can an MBean depend on a SessionBean?
