Our apps are currently deployed using a minimal context.xml file (pointer to
doc-base only), with all the other information contained in the web.xml and
some properties files. What I'd like to do is move as much of the customizable
values out of the web.xml file and into the context.xml file to make upgrades a
bit easier. Specifically, I want to move the properties files to a location
that won't get overridden when new war files are deployed.
Our current web.xml file is structured:
<web-app>
<context-param>
<param-name>LOG4J_PROPS</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/Log4j.properties</param-value>
</context-param>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>SERVA</servlet-name>
<display-name>SERVA</display-name>
<description>Controlling servlet for A</description>
<servlet-class>com.mycompany.webapp.serva</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>SERVA_PROPS</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/SERVA.properties</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>SERVB</servlet-name>
<display-name>SERVB</display-name>
<description>Controlling servlet for B</description>
<servlet-class>com.mycompany.webapp.servb</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>SERVB_PROPS</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/SERVB.properties</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
....
</web-app>
I know from the docs that I can save move the LOG4J_PROPS to the context.xml as
it is defined as a <context-param>. However, can I move the 2 servlet props to
the context.xml file also? If so, is it the same as the log4j, or do I need to
do something different?
Lastly, can the <session-timeout> setting be located outside of the web.xml
file? We customer with different requirements for this value (some misguided),
and would like to make it easy for them to set it without having to update it
with every deployment.
Jeff
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