'user' configuration properties

[ashields]

I'm pretty sure this is a dumb question but I'm darned if I can find the answer...

What's the preferred method of specifying user level properties, for instance I have a SessionBean that needs to write to a jms queue, I'd like to specify the name of this queue in the deployment descriptor, is their a section for user level stuff?

Thanks
Alan Shields

[tbfmicke]

The recommended way is to use the "env-entry" part of the ejb-jar.xml file. (Check DTD for where to put it).
For example with the following: (taken from 1.1 EJB spec)

<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>foo/name1</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>value1</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>


You can look up the value with:


Context initCtx = new InitialContext();
Context myEnv = (Context)initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env");

// Get some more environment entries. These environment
// entries are stored in subcontexts.
String val1 = (String)myEnv.lookup(“foo/name1”);


This is the "standard" way to do things.

However, sometimes I have went with property files that contains the values instead. Mostly because we felt if would be simpler for users to change values using them.

Regards