Specifying Event Listener Classes

You specify an event listener class using the listener element of the deployment descriptor. Review The Example Servlets for information on how to specify the ContextListener listener class.

You can specify an event listener using the deployment descriptor editor of NetBeans IDE by doing the following:

1. Expand your application’s project node.

2. Expand the project’s Web Pages and WEB-INF nodes.

3. Double-click web.xml.

4. Click General at the top of the web.xml editor.

5. Expand the Web Application Listeners node.

6. Click Add.

7. In the Add Listener dialog, click Browse to locate the listener class.

8. Click OK.