RE: initial config information

[Ramon Turnes]

You can use two approaches. First, you can define your own parameters at
deployment 
time or you can expect a file located in axis installation under Tomcat. I
am passing the
name of a config file to my web service. The following code reads a
configuration file.
Either it uses the value of a property named CONFIG_FILENAME_LOCATION which
can be set at deployment time or a file named CONFIG_FILENAME to be located
in 
axis\WEB-INF directory under Tomcat:

    private void configure(MessageContext msgc) {
        try {
            InputStream is = null;

            String filename = (String) msgc.
                getService().getOption(CONFIG_FILENAME_LOCATION);
            
            try {
                if (filename == null) {
                    String servletLocation = (String) msgc.
                        getProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_HTTP_SERVLETLOCATION);

                    filename = servletLocation + "\\" + CONFIG_FILENAME;
                    is = new FileInputStream(filename);
                } else {
                    is = new FileInputStream(filename);
                }
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                log.info("File " + filename + " not found");
                is = null;
            }
        
        //Process the config file
        process(is);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            //TBD: MethodCaller needs configuration
            caller = new MethodCaller();
            log.error(e);
        }
    }

My deployment file looks like this:


  <service name="MessageService" provider="java:MSG" >
    <parameter name="className"       value="si.hermes.MessageService"/>
    <parameter name="allowedMethods"  value="entryPoint"/>
    <parameter name="scope"           value="application"/>
    <parameter name="configFile"    value="c:\conf\my_config_file.xml"/>
  </service>

Hope this helps. Ramon.


-----Original Message-----
From: Schuring, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: initial config information


hello,

how would i pass initial config information to a webservice in axis ?
for example: "the path and filename of a logfile" 

any hints are welcome.

thanks,
tom