On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Eli Doran wrote:
> The Application class as a bridge between an app and the server managing things is very helpful.
> It seems to be missing one thing though ... It isn't told when it's time to *destroy* the application.
> Some of the singletons returned by Application#getSingletons() may need special attention at 'destroy' time.
> What's the expected implementation for handling that situation with the current version?
> It seems to me I can't simply pass an Application subclass to the server. I have to make a filter, servlet, or listener which will be notified of 'destroy' time.
>
> In short:
> The "Application" javadoc states "Defines the components of a JAX-RS application and supplies additional metadata."
> After it provides the components to the server a reciprocal action to signify the server is done with them would be great.
>
> What do you think?
>
In a container that supports managed beans (EE6, JSR 299) you can make the Application class a managed bean and then use the @PreDestroy annotation to get what you want.
Marc.