How to access a properties file from a messagedrivenbean

Hi,

I have a messagedrivenbean which reads from a properties file for starting info. If I pack the properties file & bean jar file in a same .ear file and hot-deploy into jboss, bean will looking for the properties file in JBOSS_HOME/bin dir. Obviously the properties file is not there. Anyone knows where the properties file is deployed and in my bean code how to point to that location?

Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure a properties file is allowed by the EJB specification. I seem to remember somewhere in the spec that says "Thou shalt not do I/O." It's a container portability thing.

You could put these as environment entries in your ejb-jar.xml. Then you'll be able to change that without changing code. Also, putting them in a database would work too.

Hi Jeff,

Thanks a lot for your help. As you suggested I put info into my ejb-jar.xml as env-entry, it works.

Just to clear confusion I think I/O works ok with mbean. I placed my old properties file in server/default/conf dir and hard code path in my mbean it worked.

Thanks again for your help.