How to obtain reference to the ServletContext?

[Bryan Field-Elliot]

I'm new to Axis... In developing services to run under Axis (server-side), is there a way to obtain a reference to the Axis servlet's ServletContext?

I intend to deploy my Axis-based SOAP services in the same web context (.war) as an existing web-based application. I want both applications to share the same Servlet context, where I have a set of shared attributes for things like connection pools, cached database data, configuration parameters (taken from web.xml), etc.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Bryan