How to use the tag in web.xml?

[SoftLiban KEYROUZ Charbel <ch...@softsolutions.fr>]

Hi all,
I have a simple question:
How can use the <servlet> tag in web.xml to pass the configuration file
(the configuration file holds the database name, username and password)
to  my ConnectionPool servlet  and afterwards once in the servlet how
can I read this configuration file.
If this is correct what is code I should use to read the configFile. I
know it has something to do with ServletConfig class but I have no clew
how to use it.  Are there some example you could point out to me?
<servlet>
 <load-on-startup>
            -2147483646
 </load-on-startup>
        <servlet-name>
            ConnectionPool
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            softsolutions.connection.pool.ConnectionPoolInit
 </servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>configFile</param-name>
            <param-value>snaDbPool.prop</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>

Thank you in advance
Charbel Keyrouz.

Re: How to use the tag in web.xml?

[Tim Kientzle <ki...@acm.org>]

Within your servlet's init, doGet, or doPost methods,
you can call

	getServletConfig().getAttribute("configFile")

to access these parameters.

				- Tim Kientzle

SoftLiban KEYROUZ Charbel wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I have a simple question:
> How can use the <servlet> tag in web.xml to pass the configuration file
> (the configuration file holds the database name, username and password)
> to  my ConnectionPool servlet  and afterwards once in the servlet how
> can I read this configuration file.
> If this is correct what is code I should use to read the configFile. I
> know it has something to do with ServletConfig class but I have no clew
> how to use it.  Are there some example you could point out to me?
> <servlet>
>  <load-on-startup>
>             -2147483646
>  </load-on-startup>
>         <servlet-name>
>             ConnectionPool
>         </servlet-name>
>         <servlet-class>
>             softsolutions.connection.pool.ConnectionPoolInit
>  </servlet-class>
>         <init-param>
>             <param-name>configFile</param-name>
>             <param-value>snaDbPool.prop</param-value>
>         </init-param>
>     </servlet>
> 
> Thank you in advance
> Charbel Keyrouz.