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JEE application - where to store configuration outside the EAR

843833Feb 16 2010 — edited Feb 16 2010
Hello everyone,

My requirement is that I develop one application, package it and release it as an EAR or a WAR file (with Maven) and there it is and should not be changed. It should therefore be able to read an external configuration file (out of the EAR/WAR).

Now, how do I got about it? Is there a best practice? I don't want to have to hard code the location of the external configuration file like C:\blah.xml. Maybe a relative path? But can it be made server independent?

Thanks for any advice.
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