Servlet Properties

["Price, Chris" <chris_price@xxxxxxxxx>]

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All,

I have a servlet which is using the Toolbox JDBC driver to access the AS/400
database. This is running fine, both in the WTE and when distributed to WAS
on the 400.

However I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that it will be more efficient
to use the native driver when running on the 400. So rather than recompiling
the code, I want to use a properties file to tell my servlet which class to
use.

So I add the following code to my servlet:

File propPath = new File("mydir\\my.properties");
myProperties = new Properties();

//Load Properties from File
try {
        in = new FileInputStream(propPath);
        myProperties.load(in);
        in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}

If I run this code in a "normal" java class, (i.e. with a main method), a
properties file my.properties  is created, if one does not already exist, in
the specified directory. If I put the code in the servlet, I get a file not
found exception.

How can I avoid the exception (why can't the servlet create the file?).
Alternatively, where should I create the file manually, so the servlet
engine finds it?

Thanks,
Chris.