Passing Java environment variable?

[Guest_imported]

I am porting an application to WebSphere and I need help passing an environment variable. Normally we would just include this variable in the java line with -D, but we can't do that with WebSphere. I tried defining it in the Application Assembly tool under both "Environment Entries" and "Context Parameters", but the application doesn't seem to pick it up.

If someone could give me a hint here I'd appreciate it. I have been STFW'ing all day with no luck.

 

[Hattusas]

I am not sure if that will be the exact solution,but the method I generally use is to construct a simple servlet e.g
ActivationServlet in its doGet method I declare my initial variables (generally getServletContext().setAttribute(....) etc.).After constructing my servlet,I state it in my web.xml file with loadOnStartup option. Salih Sipahi
Software Engineer.
City of Istanbul Turkey
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