How to set InitParameters in Tomcat??

Question

I'd like to do the following in my servlet init
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
super.init(config);
databaseURL = config.getInitParameter("database");
how to set the
InitParameter in Tomcat??

Answer 1

Add them to the WEB-INF/web.xml
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>
            KioskServlet
        </servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
            KioskServlet
        </servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <!-- number of seconds of inactivity until timing out -->
            <!-- 300 = 5 minutes -->
            <param-name>timeoutValue</param-name>
            <param-value>300</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>