Hi all
I have a couple of beans which talk to an external server (say, a directory
server). The EJBs need to know the server's IP address and port in order to
talk. They pick these values from the environment entries in ejb-jar.xml. I have
the same values in both the EJB's deployment descriptors. Whenever I want to
connect to another server running on a different machine, I should change the
env entries in both the deployment descriptors. As a bean developer I know which
beans need these values and I can change them.
But when I deliver my product to the customer, he should be careful enough to
change the env entries in all the EJBs to point to the right server. Otherwise
the product will not run properly. Changing these entries is also a pain. First,
he should unjar the ejb jar file. Change the entries in ejb-jar.xml file
(without introducing any syntax errors), then jar it back and deploy it on the
app server.
It would be much easier if the customer can edit a plain text file (.properties
file, for example) and all the EJBs pick the server's IP and port from this
file. In this case the configurable values are available in one single place
and there are less chances of making mistakes. Also, if more EJBs need these
values I still dont have to change anything.
Im sure people who have developed large EJB based system should have faced this
problem. How did you tackle this?
Thanks in advance.
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shiv
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