Getting the appname from the web.xml

[Mark Wa]

In a java class within my app, how would I get the "appname" of my application module? (.war)

It looks like this in the web.xml

<context-param>
		<param-name>appname</param-name>
		<param-value>applicationnameishere</param-value>
		<description></description>
</context-param>

thanks

[Paul Sturrock]

Getting context parameters is easy enough. Have a read of javax.servlet.ServletContext for the available methods.

Easier than setting a context param however is just getting it from the request.

[Mark Wa]

OK. so I could do that from a servlet, but how would I do it from a POJO?
and preferably in a static safe way?

[Paul Sturrock]

Why do you need to do this from a POJO? And what do you mean by "static safe"?

If you have to, then I suppose you would need to parse web.xml yourself rather than having the servlet container do it for you. Bit of an odd requirement though.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Since the app name doesn't change over time, you can retrieve it at web app startup time (using a context listener), and store it in some object in a public static field.

[Mark Wa]

sounds good.

I need it for printing to a log on a server. From a static method