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16 package org.wamblee.general;
18 import java.io.IOException;
19 import java.io.InputStream;
20 import java.util.Properties;
22 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
23 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
24 import org.wamblee.io.ClassPathResource;
25 import org.wamblee.io.InputResource;
28 * The standard means to obtain the bean factory. This works by reading a
29 * property {@value #BEAN_FACTORY_CLASS} from a property file named
30 * {@value #BEAN_KERNEL_PROP_FILE} from the class path. This property identifies
31 * the bean factory implementation to use. The configured bean factory must have
32 * a no-arg constructor.
34 public final class BeanKernel {
36 private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(BeanKernel.class);
39 * Bean factory kernel properties file.
41 private static final String BEAN_KERNEL_PROP_FILE = "org.wamblee.beanfactory.properties";
44 * Name of the property to define the name of the bean factory class to use.
45 * THis class must have a public default constructor.
47 private static final String BEAN_FACTORY_CLASS = "org.wamblee.beanfactory.class";
50 * Cached bean factory.
52 private static BeanFactory BEAN_FACTORY;
55 * Disabled constructor.
58 private BeanKernel() {
63 * Overrides the default mechanism for looking up the bean factory by
64 * specifying it yourself.
67 * Override bean factory.
69 public static void overrideBeanFactory(BeanFactory aOverride) {
70 BEAN_FACTORY = aOverride;
74 * Gets the bean factory.
76 * @return Bean factory.
78 public static BeanFactory getBeanFactory() {
79 synchronized (BeanFactory.class) {
80 if (BEAN_FACTORY == null) {
81 BEAN_FACTORY = lookupBeanFactory(BEAN_KERNEL_PROP_FILE);
88 * Lookup the bean factory based on the properties file.
90 * @return Bean factory.
92 static BeanFactory lookupBeanFactory(String aPropertyFilename) {
93 InputResource resource = new ClassPathResource(aPropertyFilename);
96 is = resource.getInputStream();
97 } catch (IOException e) {
98 throw new BeanFactoryException("Cannot open resource " + resource,
102 Properties props = new Properties();
104 String className = props.getProperty(BEAN_FACTORY_CLASS);
105 Class beanFactory = Class.forName(className);
106 return (BeanFactory) beanFactory.newInstance();
107 } catch (Exception e) {
108 throw new BeanFactoryException("Cannot read from resource "
113 } catch (IOException e) {
114 // last resort cannot do much now.
115 LOG.error("Error closing resource " + resource);