Mahesh

• Jun 15th, 2006

 

hi santh,

        we cannot write destroy() method in the init() method..because init(),service(), and destroy methods are life cycle methods the servlet management  executable program in the servlet container(which is a part of webserver) is written like that ......

        so we can write the servlet by overriding these three methods individually

Veeren76

 Profile Answers by Veeren76 

• Aug 16th, 2006

 

Yes you can call destory() method from init(), although not advisable to do that.... u still can..... i dont see a need to call destory() method, ..... the life cycle methods are provided for application servers purpose, and are almost not required to be used by developers under normal circumstances.Veerendra Jote

suresh

• Jan 2nd, 2007

 

You can call "destroy()" method in the servlet "init()". Actually destroy() is a servlet life cycle method which will be called by the container when the servlet instance is just before being distroyed. suresh g

ashishagnihotri

 Profile Answers by ashishagnihotri 

• Jan 23rd, 2007

 

Yes - you can call destroy() from init() like any other method.
For details check my answer to another similar question http://www.geekinterview.com/question_details/40017

atulkumar81

• Apr 23rd, 2007

 

No, We cannot write destroy() method within servlet service() method because, all have to do different task init method call the instance object and destroy method make free that object from memory.

Rakesh.s

• Sep 29th, 2007

 

Then what is the use of a Servlet? If we call the destroy method in init() it will kill the servlet instance, then how the service method occur. How it will process the request?

sampra

 Profile Answers by sampra 

• Mar 4th, 2008

 

No, We cannot write destroy() method within servlet service() method because, all have to do different task init method call the instance object and destroy method make free that object from memory.

dhruv_saksena

 Profile Answers by dhruv_saksena 

• Mar 14th, 2008

 

Ya definitely you can call destroy() from init , but in that case it will be called as any other method it will execute the code in destroy() and will come back to init().The destroy() method is called by server when the servlet is about to get unloaded.

Dhruv