Use a config file or properties file makes life a bit easier.. (at least
that's the way I do it)
Mvgr,
Martin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Davison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Multiple servlets using same initParameters
>
>
> How about this:
>
> Set up your init params for one of your servlets.
> Make sure that this servlet get's pre-loaded first before the other
> servlets.
> Have the init() method of that servlet store all the parameters as
> System properties and let the other servlets retrieve the parameters
> as System properties instead of init params. A bit of a hack but it
> works.
>
> P.
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:38:26 -0400
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have multiple servlets in the same directory and they all get the same
> > init-params from web.xml.
> >
> > Currently, I have 5 servlets and am required to repeat all the
> init-params
> > 5 times, one for each servlet. So if one parameter changes, I have to
> > change it five times in web.xml. I'd like to only have them in
> the web.xml
> > file once and all servlets use them. How is this possible?
> >
> > One approach I took was to create a servlet that all my other servlets
> > subclassed and all it did was grab the init-params. I couldn't
> get it to
> > work.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JEB
>
