I think there are two easy ways to do this. 1) Assume it's on the class path (with a specific name).
2) Assume it's in the same place/path as your implementation class. > -----Original Message----- > From: Schuring, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: startup variables > > > Hi Chris, > > I have a chicken and egg problem in that i am trying to load a > properties file but i need to determine where the property file is > living before i can load it. > > cheers, > tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Means [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2002 14:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: startup variables > > > Though there is an API for accessing the deployment descriptor, I didn't > see > anything obvious that allowed access to non-defined elements, and there > didn't seem to be any general elements that could be used for start-up > information. > > Though I haven't done it yet, I've just assumed I would use a properties > file, and load startup stuff in that way. > > I'll be tackling that problem within about a week, so let us know how > you > fare. > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Schuring, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:31 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: startup variables > > > > > > hello, > > > > i am trying to figure out how to pass startup-variables to a > > soap-service. > > > > I know with a web application i can add something like > > <context-param> > > <param-name>configFileLocation</param-name> > > > > > <param-value>E:\\myapp\\config\\config.xml</param-value></context-param> > > > > to the web.xml file and in the servlet i can access the variable by > > calling application.getInitParameter("configFileLocation") i can then > > use that as a bootstrap to load the rest of my configuration settings. > > > > is there something similar that i can add to (for example) the > > deployment descriptor so i will be able to pass in a bit of startup > > information ? > > > > best regards, > > tom > > >
