Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread Ken T.
I looked around online but couldn't find anything. Is there a way to start a web application under Tomcat with specific properties mappings. Say I wanted to start my app with the property setting: user.database=ProdDB How would I go about doing so? Thank you, -- Ken T.

Re: Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread Pid
On 22/10/2009 17:58, Ken T. wrote: I looked around online but couldn't find anything. Is there a way to start a web application under Tomcat with specific properties mappings. Say I wanted to start my app with the property setting: user.database=ProdDB How would I go about doing so? Put

Re: Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread David Smith
You could implement a ServletContextListener that reads the properties and makes them available however your app needs them. --David Ken T. wrote: I looked around online but couldn't find anything. Is there a way to start a web application under Tomcat with specific properties mappings.

Re: Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread Elli Albek
:33 AM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles Subject: Starting web app with properties set I looked around online but couldn't find anything. Is there a way to start a web application under Tomcat with specific properties mappings. Say I wanted to start my app with the property setting: user.database

Re: Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread Ken T.
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:56:50 -0700, Elli Albek wrote: Load the properties using java.util.Properties, and store them in a place that is accessible in the war (like a static variable or context attribute). If you are thinking about properties such as database/mail server connections, then

RE: Starting web app with properties set

2009-10-22 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Ken T. Subject: Re: Starting web app with properties set I was really hoping that there would be a way to define the properties in the context file, but I guess not. There is; as usual, it's in the doc: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0