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

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I think it depends on how much you will need to alter this information.=20
  What I do in my applications is create an app-config.xml file that=20
lives in WEB-INF or the $user.home directory - then I use Castor to=20
turn marshal those values into a JavaBean called Configuration - which=20
I put in the ServletContext and call when I need it.  Another approach=20
is to use context-parameters in your web.xml file.  However, once you=20
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=20
> information is.=A0 I'm talking about the kind of stuff you used to just=20
> put into a .properties file.=A0 I'm new to Struts, and I'm not sure if=20
> 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=20
> 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=20
> archives or on the web.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> -Tim
>

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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.=20


HTH,


Matt


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


<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Hi =
there,</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>I'm trying to find out what
the right place for your own configuration information is.=A0 I'm
talking about the kind of stuff you used to just put into a
.properties file.=A0 I'm new to Struts, and I'm not sure if there's a
better way to do it now.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Does this kind of
configuration information belong in:</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>I can't seem to find an
answer to this in the struts-mailing list archives or on the =
web.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Thanks for your =
help,</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>-Tim</smaller></fontfamily>


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