how to handle application properties(meta data)?

[amitguz]

Is there a way to keep properties in application level, meaning to use
configurable application meta data (i.e - such the *.properties file)?

currently as far as I know the only choise I have is to use the jboss-service.xml in the JBOSS_HOME/<default server>/conf.
but I want to use the properties only for my application and not for all the application deployed in JBOSS.

<mbean code="org.jboss.varia.property.SystemPropertiesService"
 name="jboss.util:type=Service,name=SystemProperties">

 <!-- Load properties from each of the given comma seperated URLs -->
 <attribute name="URLList">
 ./conf/local.properties
 </attribute>

 <!-- Set properties using the properties file style. -->
 <attribute name="Properties">
 property1=This is the value of my property
 property2=This is the value of my other property
 </attribute>

 </mbean>

[dimitris]

You can deploy the SystemPropertiesService along with your application (e.g. a xx-service.xml descriptor inside your .ear referenced by a statement).

But those will be globally visible inside the VM, there is no "scoped" namespace of properties. If you deploy the same set of properties twice within 2 different applications, the latter deployment will overwrite the former one.

[amitguz]

Thanks for your quick answer Dimitris.

but still I don't fully understand your answer, because I tried to add my own jboss-services.xml file to the EAR (in the META-INF directory)
but it doesn't work, I couldn't access the properties, only when I use
the jboss-services in JBOSS_HOME//conf it works.
and as far as I understand jboss-services must be referenced to MBEAN (SAR) not to EAR, so how can I do it?

can u give me an example of how to do it?
and what do u mean by referenced by a statement?

e.g. a xx-service.xml descriptor inside your .ear referenced by a statement

Thanks a lot amit

[dimitris]

A myproperties-service.xml with an mbean entry similar with the one you put inf conf/jboss-service.xml. This can go in the root of your ear. Then reference this file with a "module" entry in your META-INF/application.xml so it's loaded.

[amitguz]

I'm a little confused, how can I reference an xml file (myjboss-service.xml) within the EAR descriptor (application.xml) ?
the module tag can only have childrens tag such as .

[dimitris]

META-INF/jboss-app.xml

...
 <module>myjboss-service.xml</module>
...

see docs/dtd/jboss-app_4_0.dtd

[amitguz]

but now I'm receiving the following error code:

File META-INF/jboss-app.xml process error. Line: 9. Error message: The content of element type "module" must match "(service|har)

by the way, I'm using JBOSS 4.0.3.

[dagger33]

Aaah, he must has meant to include it in a "service" tag

<jboss-app>
 <!--
 <module>
 <service>hibernate-service.xml</service>
 </module>
 -->
 <module>
 <har>sandboxtest.har</har>
 </module>
</jboss-app>

See the commented section. (I did however have some trouble implementing it...and finally put it in the META-INF of the har file where it was picked up by JBoss. Don't know if anyone else have been having trouble with this)

Also, you might want to have a look at the documentation:
http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/jboss4guide/r5/adminguide.pdf