Re: What's the right place for application configuration information?

I think it depends on how much you will need to alter this information. 
  What I do in my applications is create an app-config.xml file that 
lives in WEB-INF or the $user.home directory - then I use Castor to 
turn marshal those values into a JavaBean called Configuration - which 
I put in the ServletContext and call when I need it.  Another approach 
is to use context-parameters in your web.xml file.  However, once you 
get a bunch of these, you'll want to move to the XML->JavaBean approach.

HTH,

Matt

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 08:08 AM, Tim Reilly wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to find out what the right place for your own configuration 
> information is.  I'm talking about the kind of stuff you used to just 
> put into a .properties file.  I'm new to Struts, and I'm not sure if 
> there's a better way to do it now.
>
> Does this kind of configuration information belong in:
>
> 1) A ServletConfig [seems wrong, since with Struts I don't have my own 
> servlet].
> 2) Your own .properties file
> 3) A separate MessageResource file from the one used for your messages?
> or
> 4) Some other place / method of access I don't yet know about.
>
> I can't seem to find an answer to this in the struts-mailing list 
> archives or on the web.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> -Tim
>