One of the best ways to do them is not to hardcode paths etc. in the source files.
Keep the path information in another properties/xml file. Read this file at startup and keep in memory in the form of a hashtable etc. If the path changes in the future, just reload the hashtable and that should do the trick. -le --- Tony Keshikku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > I'm currently working on JSP, one of my JSPs get > POP3 username and password from > my resources(let's say username and password of POP3 > is in the file > /home/user1/pop3.properties) and use those info to > retrieve emails from > the POP3... > > Why I put information of POP3 in properties file is > of course that I can change the > information without recompiling. > But I got problems on "/home/usr1/pop3.properties". > That was literal... > I put the whole PATH in the code and compiled !! > Now I'm moving to new server, and unfortunately my > home directry is changed > ...gotta change the PATH info and recompile. > So I wanna know for my future, In this case, How > should've I set PATH in the code > that easily modified even though my environment is > changed. > > Thank you > tony > > ==========================================================================To > unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
