web applications - Start webapps in tomcat in a determinate order

Question

I have 2 webapps:

WebApp 2 depends from WebApp 1

If WebApp 1 is not running, WebApp 2 fails

Can I define in tomcat that I always want that webapp 1 starts before webapp 2?

Answer 1

According to the Apache wiki (at http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Miscellaneous#Q27):

There is no expected startup order. Neither the Servlet spec nor Tomcat define one. You can't rely on the apps starting in any particular order.