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Asked: 2026-05-26T10:54:27+00:00

I am trying to pass a JVM parameter for a variable configured in web.xml

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I am trying to pass a JVM parameter for a variable configured in web.xml as a context-parameter using a -D notation when starting weblogic server. I have already tried this same configuration using Tomcat 7 and it works as expected, but it DOES NOT work in weblogic server 10.3.3. Any clues?

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
    <display-name>testeParWebXml</display-name>
    <context-param>
        <description>Habilita ou desabilita a configuração de debug do Facelets! Página de debug do Seam.</description>
        <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
        <param-value>${habilitar.debug}</param-value>
    </context-param>
<welcome-file-list>

Then when starting the jvm I pass the parameter using: 

-Dhabilitar.debug=true

And I built a Servlet to test: 

protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
        String valorParametro = getServletContext().getInitParameter("facelets.DEVELOPMENT");
        pw.write("Param value from web.xml ==>> " + valorParametro);
}

As I mentioned using Tomcat if I change the value to false or true in the -Dhabilitar.debug flag it correctly prints the value in the servlet.

Param value from web.xml ==>>  true

In weblogic I get the output like:

Param value from web.xml ==>>  ${habilitar.debug}

As noticed weblogic DOES NOT parse the value of the variable set in web.xml.

Is it possible to make this work properly in weblogic 10.3.3?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Looks like there is not a consistent behavior across different containers. IMHO you should not do it that way. I have always used (and have always seen people using) web.xml containing default values (rather than parameterized values) for stuff.
    Please see these additional resources (including some not-so-elegant but working approaches to your problem):

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