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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2013 Johns Hopkins University * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ package edu.jhu.pha.vospace; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration; import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException; import org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultConfigurationBuilder; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; /** * Initialises the settings object in application context from the settingsFileName parameter of the servlet * @author Dmitry Mishin * */ public class SettingsServlet extends HttpServlet { private static final long serialVersionUID = -5938376645952514807L; private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SettingsServlet.class); private static Configuration config; @Override public void init() throws ServletException { try { DefaultConfigurationBuilder factory = new DefaultConfigurationBuilder( getServletConfig().getInitParameter("settingsFileName")); Configuration config = factory.getConfiguration(); getServletContext().setAttribute("configuration", config); SettingsServlet.config = config; } catch (ConfigurationException e) { logger.error("Error loading configuration", e); throw new ServletException(e); } } public static Configuration getConfig() { return config; } }