Re: Properties Files vs. War/Ear files

You can also load the properties file from the classpath. Then in production
you can make sure the classpath is different than in testing and
development.
 -Sarah Poger Gladstone



On 11/1/05, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Walden,
>
> I am not sure about Websphere but for our Tomcat applications we have a
> folder outside of the application path we use to store a properties
> file. In fact, we have a dbmanager application that stores just the
> type of information you mention. I am guessing that you can do that with
> just about any web application. We don't normally use the web.xml file
> for anything but more "static" application settings.
>
> If there is a specific properties file for Websphere settings, I am
> guessing that you should be able to "protect" it from updates (I don't
> know, we don't use Websphere currently). If it is your own properties
> file, you should be able to put wherever you want and update it only
> when you need to.
>
> Perhaps you could use Ant to build the war and have it exclude the file
> you are referring to. That would mean that you would have both a "new"
> war and and "update" war with the update war excluding the properties
> file.
>
> Pete Helgren
>
>
> Walden H. Leverich wrote:
>
> >All,
> >
> >If I understand the concept correctly, one should put their "softcoded"
> >things into a properties file. This could be connection strings (if
> >you're not using WebSphere data sources), Web Services addresses, URLs
> >you access that are different between test and production, etc.
> >
> >Now, the properties file is "wrapped" into the WAR file that's deployed
> >to websphere. So, once deployed you go into the properties file and make
> >your changes? Am I good so far? If so, what's the process for deploying
> >updates? If I re-deploy the WAR file then I'll overwrite the properties
> >file, so I have to make my changes again?
> >
> >Is there a way to exclude the properties file from the WAR and have WS
> >leave it on the server?
> >
> >-Walden
> >
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