How to store string values in context.xml

Question

I\'d like to store connection URLs in a JNDI binding for my Tomcat application. Since Tomcat uses context.xml for JNDI resource defining, I need to figure out the p

Answer 1

You can use an Environmenttag:

And you can read it almost as you specified in the question:

InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext();
Context environmentContext = (Context) initialContext.lookup("java:/comp/env");
String connectionURL = (String) environmentContext.lookup("myConnectionURL");

This is much the same as using a Parameter tag, but without the need for a ServletContext.