How can I add an external directory structure to my Java EE web application classpath

Question

I am trying to set up my dev environment and we use ant script to build and deploy our application.

In my environment I have some configuration file (ADF model specific ) being created which are external to our web container (web context). Currently we zip that external directory and put it as a jar under WEB-INF/lib. But this is a time taking process for dev. What I want is when my web context starts up it should have that external directory structure in class path.

I am sure it can be done but what is the best way to do so. I am using weblogic.

Answer 1

Add the full path as a JVM property eg.

-DmyPath=/var/somePath

Then reference it from your code

String path = System.getProperty("myPath");