Application Static variable isolation

Hi all,
I am having a web application that creates the properties file when it gets deployed by means of ini.java that said to be �load-on-startup� servlet class and save the database properties as static by calling simple java class. I deployed the same web application once again in the same server that the first application deployed. But I need to create different proper file for the second application and use newly created property file. In my case all the filed are hold by static reference in simple java and its getting shared by two applications and I am not able to hold different property values for second application. How could I deploy second application that has its own static reference?

Thanks in advance
Kumaran

Would using a context-param in web.xml as a key help?