Metacat

				// we need to write the options from memory to the properties

				// file

				PropertyService.persistProperties();

				// Validate that the options provided are legitimate. Note that

				// we've allowed them to persist their entries. As of this point

		            // persist them all

					PropertyService.persistProperties();

					// save a backup in case the form has errors, we reload from these

					PropertyService.persistMainBackupProperties();

					PropertyService.setPropertyNoPersist("guid.ezid.doishoulder.1", doishoulder);

					// persist them all

					PropertyService.persistProperties();

                    // save a backup in case the form has errors, we reload from these

                    PropertyService.persistMainBackupProperties();

				}

					PropertyService.setPropertyNoPersist("geoserver.context", context);

					boolean reconfig = PropertyService.checkAndSetProperty(request, "geoserver.GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR");

					PropertyService.persistProperties();

					// put the web.xml in place

					reconfig = true; //force all the time in cases where geoserver has been redeployed

					if (reconfig) {

						externalDir + FileUtil.getFS() + "solr-home");

				PropertyService.persistProperties();

				// Add the list of properties from metacat.properties to the request

				Vector<String> propertyNames = PropertyService.getPropertyNames();

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.shared.BaseService;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.shared.ServiceException;

	public static String getRecommendedExternalDir() {

		return RECOMMENDED_EXTERNAL_DIR;

	}

}