?relative directory structure for soap application

[tcklnbrg <at...@ingenuity-sw.com>]

What is the best way to pass and maintain run-time
configuration properties especially things like
the desired working root directory in the server filesystem,
to a serverside soap app?   Its a requirement that
my server-side application read and write files in
a known but relative directory structure.

What about
other runtime-parameters:  Is there some way to pass a
properties file or object on invocation?  (Its not client
data that I'm interested in---its data that needs to originate
from the server installation and be configurable during runtime.)

Thanks,

Ann Tecklenburg