jboss 4 JNDI resource of type java.util.Properties

Question

I'm working on a project, that has to run on JBoss 4.2.3 and I need to have a .properties file as an external resource. I found a short description on how to do that with JBossAS 7 - custom JNDI resource of type java.util.Properties But this tutorial uses a configuration file \\configuration\\standalone.xml, and this file does not exists in my jboss AS 4.2.3. Looking for any advice here, thanks!

Answer 1

jboss 4.2.3 supports deploying a properties object to jndi. todo so, you use the jndi binding service manger. you create a XX-service.xml file and put that in your deploy folder. an example jndi-service.xml is:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE server PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD MBean Service 4.0//EN" "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-service_4_0.dtd"> <server> <mbean code="org.jboss.naming.JNDIBindingServiceMgr" name="jboss.tests:service=JNDIBindingServiceMgr"> <attribute name="BindingsConfig" serialDataType="jbxb"> <jndi:bindings xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:jndi="urn:jboss:jndi-binding-service:1.0" xs:schemaLocation="urn:jboss:jndi-binding-service:1.0 resource:jndi-binding-service_1_0.xsd" > <jndi:binding name="urls/jboss-home"> <jndi:value type="java.net.URL">http://www.jboss.org</jndi:value> </jndi:binding> <jndi:binding name="hosts/localhost"> <jndi:value editor="org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.InetAddressEditor"> 127.0.0.1 </jndi:value> </jndi:binding> <jndi:binding name="maps/testProps"> <java:properties xmlns:java="urn:jboss:java-properties" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xs:schemaLocation="urn:jboss:java-properties resource:java-properties_1_0.xsd"> <java:property> <java:key>key1</java:key> <java:value>value1</java:value> </java:property> <java:property> <java:key>key2</java:key> <java:value>value2</java:value> </java:property> </java:properties> </jndi:binding> </jndi:bindings> </attribute> <depends>jboss:service=Naming</depends> </mbean> </server> 

see also

https://developer.jboss.org/wiki/JNDIBindingServiceMgr