About init() method (without parameters)

[Jaideep Kshirsagar]

Hi,

I have a servlet where a cache gets uploaded in init(ServletConfig config)method, due to which the servlet is taking a lot of time at start up, to show up. Would moving this code to init()(without parameters)help? when to use init()(without parameters)method anyway?

TIA.

[Pranav Pal]

You should not override the init(SevrletCofig) method.Instead you should override the init() method. Because the inherited init(ServletConfig) method calls the no-arg init() method, so only one you need to override is the no-arg version.

[Ben Souther]

We get this question often so someone took the time to write up a nice explanation in our Servlets FAQ:
http://faq.javaranch.com/java/ServletsFaq