HttpSessionListener.sessionCreated() not being called

Question

I have a very simple Servlet and a very simple HttpSessionListener:

@WebServlet(\"/HelloWorld\")
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
    private st         


        

Answer 1

If you're not using @WebListener make sure your listeners are referenced in the web.xml.

...
    
        com.yoursite.YourSessionListener
    

In order to receive these notification events, the implementation class must be either declared in the deployment descriptor of the web application, annotated with WebListener, or registered via one of the addListener methods defined on ServletContext.