I am trying to specify init context parameters in the default context in server.xml as
follows:
<Context path="" docBase="ROOT" debug="0">
<Parameter name="configDir" value="C:\config" override="false"/>
</Context>
This is the only context I have listed in server.xml. Then I have my Servlet class as
follows:
public abstract class JdbcServlet extends HttpServlet
{
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException
{
super.init(config);
String configDir = getServletContext().getInitParameter("configDir");
System.out.println("configDir = " + configDir);
}
...
}
This prints out: "configDir = null" rather than "configDir = C:\config" as I would
expect.
It only works if I specify the parameter in a more specific context as follows:
<Context path="/mycontext" docBase="/mycontext" debug="0">
<Parameter name="configDir" value="C:\config" override="false"/>
</Context>
I have tried this with Tomcat 4.1.30 and 5.0.19 with the same results.
