overwrite the init() method in servlet?

[Ganesan Ramakrishnan]

Actually what is the purpose of overwrite the init() method in servlet.

[abhijit Ohal]

Have a look in below urls. these will help you

http://www.roseindia.net/jboss/10_minutes_guide_to_ant.shtml
http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
http://commons.apache.org/attributes/ant_demo.html

[abhijit Ohal]

sorry for above comments , by mistake i have posted it for wrong que

[Rajat Bhatnagar]

It's possible to override and not OVERRWRITE the init() and destroy() methods of a servlet.

You could do it for allocating resources like database Connections.

However it won't be a good idea to write a database connection in a servlet as it could result in performance criteria.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Originally posted by Rajat Bhatnagar:
It's possible to override and not OVERRWRITE the init() and destroy() methods of a servlet.

What do you mean by "overwriting" a method?

[Ganesan Ramakrishnan]

Sorry, its overriding