Accessing properties from jboss

[veeseekay]

Hi,
Am using jboss AS, and,

I would like to give some configuration values(typically key-value). I have a scenario to access certain key values from a config file,

I can do it through Properties class and FileInputStream, but i don want to hardcode path to the config file,
I also can do it through ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream ("resource.properties");

But what I am wondering here is if I can configure props using something like jboss.properties,etc, so that props are loaded when jboss starts up, and I can access those props through System.getProperty()

I do not want to access the property from a servlet or from an MBean,

My scenario is to get some config values from a property file and use it in a few helper classes that I have written to carry out some general functions, for ex, I want to access a timeout value from the property file in the helper class!
how do I achieve this, or what is the right way of doing this


Appreciate your help!

Thanks

[dimitris]

see server/xxx/deploy/properties-services.xml

[veeseekay]

could you please explain in detail(probably with an example?)

[dimitris]

I only had to google for properties-service.xml to come up with this:
http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=PropertiesService

[veeseekay]

I could finally access the props specified in jboss-service.xml through an MBean, initially I had mentioned that I did not want to do it through MBean, but now due to a change, I have to do this, and here is an FYI on how to do it :

1) specify your key-value pairs in jboss-service.xml
Ex :
<!-- Additional properties required by the environment -->


<![CDATA[
Key1=11111
Key2=22222
.....


2)Now in your management bean, put an @Depends

Ex:

package com.abc.xyz;

// your import statements

/**
* @author somebody
*
*/
@LocalBinding(...)
@Service(...)
@Management(...)
@Depends("jboss.util:type=Service,name=SystemProperties")
public class MBeanClass implements MBeanInterface {
...
}

3)Now in your Mbean you can access the props with a System.getProperty() call.