package abc;

import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebListener;

@WebListener
public class StartupListener implements ServletContextListener {

    @Override
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
        System.out.println("########################################");
    }

    @Override
    public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
        System.out.println("########################################");
    }
}

@BeforeClass
public static void startServer() {
    URI uri = UriBuilder.fromUri("http://localhost/").port(8080).build();

    // Create an HTTP server listening at port 8080
    try {
        server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(uri.getPort()), 0);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        fail();
    }

    // Create a handler wrapping the JAX-RS application
    HttpHandler handler = RuntimeDelegate.getInstance().createEndpoint(new ApplicationConfig(), HttpHandler.class);
    // Map JAX-RS handler to the server root
    server.createContext(uri.getPath(), handler);
    // Start the server
    server.start();
}

metadata-complete="false"

<listener>
        <listener-class>abc.StartupListener</listener-class>
</listener>