Comments on Stringbuffer.com: Determining if your code is executing in the GAE/J...

Much better.. //GET this printed once! static fina...

2009-05-22T02:20:14.625+02:00

Much better..
//GET this printed once!
static final String YOUR_HOME_DIR ="/home/username/grails......../stage";
String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");

if(YOUR_HOME_DIR.equals(userDir)){
//DEv Env
}else{
//Live Env
}

I think there's a small typo in your code example....

2009-05-22T00:30:38.318+02:00

I think there's a small typo in your code example. You're missing a "/" at the end of "Google App Engine". As written, your function will always return true.

It should read:

getServletContext().getServerInfo().startsWith("Google App Engine/");

Alexis: The check is meant to be used for debuggin...

2009-04-12T22:04:00.000+02:00

Alexis: The check is meant to be used for debugging GAE/J compatibility issues. If possible using such a check should be avoided.

Wow, I hope people use this as a temporary ugly ha...

2009-04-12T21:12:00.000+02:00

Wow, I hope people use this as a temporary ugly hack or GAE/j is really breaking WORA.