context parameters

[Fnystal <fn...@get2net.dk>]

I have added the following data to a web.xml file, in the hope that I could 
point to a configuration file.  From the logs, I can see that the file is 
read (I got duplicate errors, before I delete the stuff from the default 
web.xml in the $TOMCAT/conf dir.

    <context-param>
         <param-name>conf</param-name>
         <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/xitema/WEB-INF/classes/InetSale/InetSale.conf</param-value>
    </context-param>

I have a test servlet which reads all init parameter with the following code:

       out.println("<BR>Initparameters:");
       Enumeration e = getServletConfig().getInitParameterNames();
       String tmps = null;
       while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
         if ((tmps=(String)e.nextElement())!=null)
           out.println("<BR>InitParam "+tmps+" = "+ 
getServletConfig().getInitParameter(tmps));
       }

Unfortunately this doesn't return any init parameters.
Please help.....  I'm trasnferring my project from JServ to Tomcat in order 
to user the news servlet API.  In JServ, I added a defaultinitparam to the 
zone.properties file and it worked.

Re: context parameters

["Craig R. McClanahan" <Cr...@eng.sun.com>]

Fnystal wrote:

> I have added the following data to a web.xml file, in the hope that I could
> point to a configuration file.  From the logs, I can see that the file is
> read (I got duplicate errors, before I delete the stuff from the default
> web.xml in the $TOMCAT/conf dir.
>
>     <context-param>
>          <param-name>conf</param-name>
>          <param-value>/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/xitema/WEB-INF/classes/InetSale/InetSale.conf</param-value>
>     </context-param>
>
> I have a test servlet which reads all init parameter with the following code:
>
>        out.println("<BR>Initparameters:");
>        Enumeration e = getServletConfig().getInitParameterNames();
>        String tmps = null;
>        while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
>          if ((tmps=(String)e.nextElement())!=null)
>            out.println("<BR>InitParam "+tmps+" = "+
> getServletConfig().getInitParameter(tmps));
>        }
>

This call returns initialization parameters for your *servlet*, not for your *context*.  To get the values
entered via <context-param>, do this instead:

    getServletContext().getInitParameter(tmps);

Craig McClanahan

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