How to use/read a property in a WSDL file?

Question

Hello list,
Does anybody know how to use a property (e.g. myapp.host.name) in a WSDL file to dynamically switch between a certain host through the use of a property file?
My property file would look like this:
myapp.host.name=<some-ip-address-or-dns>
myapp.host.port=1234
I would save this property file as myapp.properties.
In a WSDL file that I receive from a 3rd-party I want to remove the hardcoded hostname and replace it with my property. For instance, something like this:
<port binding="tns:DoSomething" name="DoSomething">
    <soap address location="http://abcdks02:1234/avb_xsd/start.edw?MySource=WebService></soap:address>
</port>{code}
should be replaced by this:
{code}<port binding="tns:DoSomething" name="DoSomething">
    <soap address location="http://${myapp.host.name}:${myapp.host.port}/avb_xsd/start.edw?MySource=WebService></soap:address>
</port>Is there a fast, efficient and clean way to do this? I do not want to use maven2 filtering, because that forces a new re-deployment every time you change the value of the property. I also want to avoid Spring, because we're trying to get rid of Spring in our project.
What else can I use? I am sure there is a fast and efficient way to do this.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Gian

Answer 1

Hi biblio,
I have used the method you have mentioned to change the target end point. And that was successful. Thank you. Apart from this I have another issue. I want my web service read some database related values from properties file only when the web service is deployed. Currently the java application read the database related values in a static block. I have made this java application to a web service. I am new to java and thought of there may be something like ServletContextListener where I can read properties file. This allows me to read properties file only when the web application is deployed.