Application started/stopped notification

[Asaf Lahav]

A web service application I have which is running under tomcat is required to perform an initialization process right after tomcat has loaded my webservice application. How can I get an invocation of some sort that would indicate the application is up and running?   And also, I would like to get an invocation of some sort that would indicate that the tomcat is stopping (preferably) before tomcat started the shutdown sequence.   Thanks in advance,   Asaf Lahav VP R&D, Prima Grid LTD. Cellular:  972-54-4717955 Phone:   972-3-6540255 Fax:       972-3-6540254