S2 best location of application init params

[tom` frost]

I'm looking for the best place to put application init stuff.  I'm thinking
of something like the home directory of the file system to which the
application will write to.  What's the best way of apssing such information
in.  In the past I have used servlet api init params, but with all the
effort made in S2 to separate your code from Servlet api, surely there's a
better way.

Thanks,
Tom