Have you considered placing the string in the database?
tim.
> Hello;
>
> Problem: My application has many text strings (i.e. email messages, email
> recipient addresses, canned messages, etc) that both my servlets and EJBs
> need to access. It needs to be done in a way that these are not hardcoded
> and can be accessed easily from servlets, ejbs, and possibly even standalone
> applications.
>
> My Solution: Have a MessageResources object that is created by a startup
> servlet that contains all these strings. You can then use a
> MessageResources.getValue(String) to get the desired string you want. This
> is all done, the startup servlet runs, reads in the XML file, and creates
> the MessageResources.
>
> My Problem: I now need a way to pass that MessageResource object into scope
> so it is accessible by Servlets and EJBs (I'll worry about standalone
> applications later).
>
> However, I somehow need a way for the Stateless session bean to get this
> MessageResource object. I can't do StartupServlet.getMR() because the EJBs
> might be remote.
>
> Is it possible to use JNDI and store an object? IF that is the case, then I
> could do something like this in my stateless session bean:
>
> public String getMessage(String key) {
> if (messageResources == null) {
> // lookup messageResources with JNDI
> }
> }
>
> How would I do this in OrionServer? I believe it is app server specific,
> right?
>
> Does anyone have any input? Is it the right way to do it? This must be a
> common problem (global variables needed). How is everyone else doing this?
>
>
>
