Difference between seam.properties and components.xml ??

leeth Sep 18, 2008 11:40 AM

I have a question regarding the difference between seam.properties and components.xml. I have a named SLSB where I have a property that needs to be configured . If I configure the property via seam.properties the property remains NULL. However if I use components.xml to configure the property the property is set correctly.
As far as I understand configuration via seam.properties or components.xml should have the same behaviour, but this example tells me otherwise.

@Name("myComponent")
@Stateless
public class ActionImpl implements Action{

private string myProperty;

...
}

seam.properties

myComponent.myProperty = foo

components.xml

<component name="myComponent" >
<property name="myProperty"> foo </property>
</component>

1. Re: Difference between seam.properties and components.xml ??

norad2 Sep 18, 2008 7:43 PM (in response to leeth)

seam.properties is just a properties file

components.xml allows you to set properties and configure many other options as well

As for why it doesn't work. I assume you have the getters/setters provided. Ff not this will need to be added. Additionally, I had to make a copy of seam.properties and place it in WEB-INF/classes/ folder of the war. I don't know if this is a requirement or not but that was the only way I was able to get it working. I just left the seam.properties in the jar empty.
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