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using a Web.Config in java

In asp and vb world I used a web.config file to store db connection strings and other common stuff.

If there a similar thing that can be used in the Java world to store connection strings without having to recompile the application?

thanks

noreenburke

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FYI::: the db is oracle 10g

CEHJ

Yes, usually a Properties file:

http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.util/Props.html

noreenburke

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where does the properties file exist in the application?

can you give a sample of a connection string inside this file?

Thanks

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noreenburke

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Boy, I just don't think my brain is working today.

is a Properties file a Bean? servlet? xml? txt? and where would it be stored in the application?

CEHJ

Properties is a class in the API. It usually works with a file in the application, stored anywhere, but often in the classpath

Mick Barry

you should define your database as a data source and specify the connection details in your apps context file and access it via jndi

noreenburke

ASKER

thanks for you help

Mick Barry

For others reading this the accepted solution is completely unnecessary, there is already a standard method for providing connection details. Nobody doing Java web development uses a separate properties file to store these details :)

CEHJ

Is it for server side configuration?

Mick Barry

thats not even relevant

noreenburke

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So what is the standard method.?
I gave the point the to cehj as he did give me some pointers. I actually am defining the string in a bean and then calling that.