Ejb accessing the deployment descriptor

Question

My ejb needs to be able to access the deployment descriptor to retrieve some user information needed to connect to a web service. What is the best way to do this? I know servletts can do this, and if necessary, I could have my servlet retrieve the info and pass it to the bean, but I was hoping to avoid this.
Thanks
Matt

Answer 1

Well, sure I think that is easy. In your <entity> or <session> deployment descriptor you can have:
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>WebServiceLogins</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>su, dan, bob, steve, richard, suzie, carla</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>WebServicePasswords</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>drs100, vfdds2, ajk14, pass411, richard23, q4lty, uo738ww1</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>
Then in your intial-context in your session or entity ejb.....
InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
String logins = (String) ic.lookup("java:comp/env/WebServiceLogins");
String passwords = (String) ic.lookup("java:comp/env/WebServicePasswords");