They are separate. axisConfig.properties (or whatever) will be to capture what are currently (and generally inappropriately) "system" properties (system properties ==> global variables ==> bad for modular design).
As long as the requirements I listed in original note are met.. which may reasonably be appled to client/server-config.wsdd also. ******************************************* Richard A. Sitze [EMAIL PROTECTED] CORBA Interoperability & WebServices IBM WebSphere Development Glyn Normington/UK/IB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] M@IBMGB cc: Subject: Re: [axis] Configuration properties via system properties 05/23/2002 08:14 AM Please respond to axis-dev The rules for how server-config.wsdd is located are already rather complicated. Are you proposing to add axisConfig.properties with another set of rules or is axisConfig.properties just server-config.wsdd renamed? If not a renaming, please could we unify the rules and use the same code to locate both files (unless there's a *very* good reason for having two distinct sets of rules)? Glyn