How can I read context parameter/web.xml values in a non-servlet java file?

Question

I\'ve got a regular java file that I use to update and query a mysql database but I need to take configurable options in that file (like host name, password, etc) and put it

Answer 1

Implement a ServletContextListener:

package util;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;

public class MyConfigListener implements ServletContextListener {
    @Override
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) {
        ServletContext ctx = sce.getServletContext();

        String hostname = ctx.getInitParameter("my.config.hostname");

        // now go and do something with that
    }

    @Override
    public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent sce) {}

}

And don't forget to register it in web.xml:

<context-param>
  <param-value>somewhere.example.org</param-value>
  <param-name>my.config.hostname</param-name>
</context-param>
<listener>
  <listener-class>util.MyConfigListener</listener-class>
</listener>

Answer 2

One way is to read xml file and parse it.

You can put it on some static map in after parsing in ServletContextListener

Answer 3

You need to put the required parameters in env-entry entries of your web.xml file:

<env-entry> 
    <env-entry-name>dbhost</env-entry-name>
    <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
    <env-entry-value>localhost</env-entry-value> 
</env-entry>

and then access them via the jndi context

import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
...
// Get the base naming context
Context env = (Context)new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env");

// Get a single value
String dbhost = (String)env.lookup("dbhost");

Answer 4

You could use context-parameters in your web.xml and a javax.servlet.ServletContextListener to populate some static fields.

In you normal java class you read this this static fields.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
...
<context-param>
    <description>Prameter</description>
    <param-name>myParam</param-name>
    <param-value>123456790</param-value>
</context-param>
...
</web-app>

You can access this context parameter with ServletContext.getInitParameter

Answer 5

Create a static class that would be initialized from one of the servlets init.