Best way to store property strings

[jabailo]

I have a set of key strings that I use in a java bean, called by my jsp pages.

I want these keys to reside in text so they can be changed without recompiling.

However, they will rarely change.

I thought about putting them in a properties file that would be read by my bean.

However, I didn't think the properties file should be reloaded with each and every user.

Is there any globally accessible resource that is loaded once on startup where I could put these properties?

Should I use web.xml?   Would a bean in an external package be able to access web.xml?

[peterj]

Here are a few possibilities:

Use the properties service. See rghe properties-service.xml file in the deploy directory.

Place the properties file in the conf directory. That directory is in the classpath for every web app.

[jabailo]

I ended up using a managed-bean-property in one project, which works really well.

But I'm still looking for a method in my "unmanged" bean (see my other thread).

I will look into what you suggest.