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package com.norconex.commons.lang.config;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration;
import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.CharEncoding;
import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import com.norconex.commons.lang.file.FileUtil;
/**
* Utility methods when dealing with configuration files.
* @author Pascal Essiembre
*/
public final class ConfigurationUtil {
private static final Logger LOG =
LogManager.getLogger(ConfigurationUtil.class);
private ConfigurationUtil() {
super();
}
/**
* Disables delimiter parsing for both attributes and elements.
* @param xml XML configuration
*/
public static void disableDelimiterParsing(XMLConfiguration xml) {
xml.setListDelimiter('\0');
xml.setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true);
xml.setAttributeSplittingDisabled(true);
}
/**
* This load method will return an Apache XML Configuration from
* from a {@link HierarchicalConfiguration}, with delimiter parsing
* disabled.
* @param c hierarchical configuration
* @return XMLConfiguration
* @since 1.5.0
*/
public static XMLConfiguration newXMLConfiguration(
HierarchicalConfiguration c) {
XMLConfiguration xml = new XMLConfiguration(c);
disableDelimiterParsing(xml);
return xml;
}
/**
* This load method will return an Apache XML Configuration from
* from a reader, with delimiter parsing disabled.
* Note: Leading and trailing white spaces are not preserved by
* default.
* To preserve them, add xml:space="preserve"
* to your tag, like this:
*
*
* <mytag xml:space="preserve"> </mytag>
*
* The above example will preserve the white space in the tag's body.
* @param in input stream
* @return XMLConfiguration
* @since 1.5.0
*/
public static XMLConfiguration newXMLConfiguration(Reader in) {
XMLConfiguration xml = new XMLConfiguration();
disableDelimiterParsing(xml);
try {
xml.load(in);
} catch (org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException e) {
throw new ConfigurationException("Cannot load XMLConfiguration", e);
}
return xml;
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class" attribute
* on the given node. The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable}, the object
* created will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node) {
return newInstance(node, null, true);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class" attribute
* on the given node. The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable} and
* supportXMLConfigurable is true, the object created
* will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param supportXMLConfigurable automatically populates the object from XML
* if it is implementing {@link IXMLConfigurable}.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node,
boolean supportXMLConfigurable) {
return newInstance(node, null, supportXMLConfigurable);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class" attribute
* on the given node. The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable}, the object
* created will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param defaultObject if returned object is null or undefined,
* returns this default object.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, T defaultObject) {
return newInstance(node, defaultObject, true);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class" attribute
* on the given node. The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable} and
* supportXMLConfigurable is true, the object created
* will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param defaultObject if returned object is null or undefined,
* returns this default object.
* @param supportXMLConfigurable automatically populates the object from XML
* if it is implementing {@link IXMLConfigurable}.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, T defaultObject,
boolean supportXMLConfigurable) {
T obj;
String clazz;
if (node == null) {
return defaultObject;
}
clazz = node.getString("[@class]", null);
if (clazz != null) {
try {
obj = (T) Class.forName(clazz).newInstance();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new ConfigurationException(
"This class could not be instantiated: \""
+ clazz + "\".", e);
}
} else {
LOG.debug("A configuration entry was found without class "
+ "reference where one could have been provided; "
+ "using default value:" + defaultObject);
obj = defaultObject;
}
if (obj == null) {
return defaultObject;
}
if (obj instanceof IXMLConfigurable && supportXMLConfigurable) {
try {
((IXMLConfigurable) obj).loadFromXML(newReader(node));
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new ConfigurationException(
"Could not load new instance from XML \""
+ clazz + "\".", e);
}
}
return obj;
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class"
* attribute
* on the sub-node of the node argument, matching the key provided.
* The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable}, the object
* created will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
*
* Since 1.6.0, this method should throw a
* {@link ConfigurationException} upon error. Use a method
* with a default value argument to avoid throwing exceptions.
*
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param key sub-node name/hierarchical path
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key) {
return newInstance(node, key, null, true, true);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class"
* attribute on the sub-node of the node argument, matching the key
* provided.
* The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable} and
* supportXMLConfigurable is true, the object created
* will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
*
* Since 1.6.0, this method should throw a
* {@link ConfigurationException} upon error. Use a method
* with a default value argument to avoid throwing exceptions.
*
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param key sub-node name/hierarchical path
* @param supportXMLConfigurable automatically populates the object from XML
* if it is implementing {@link IXMLConfigurable}.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
* @throws ConfigurationException if instance cannot be created/populated
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key,
boolean supportXMLConfigurable) {
return newInstance(node, key, null, supportXMLConfigurable, true);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class"
* attribute
* on the sub-node of the node argument, matching the key provided.
* The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable}, the object
* created will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
*
* This method should not throw exception upon errors, but will return
* the default value instead (even if null). Use a method without
* a default value argument to get exception on errors.
*
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param defaultObject if returned object is null or undefined,
* returns this default object.
* @param key sub-node name/hierarchical path
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key,
T defaultObject) {
return newInstance(node, key, defaultObject, true, false);
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of the class represented by the "class"
* attribute
* on the sub-node of the node argument, matching the key provided.
* The class must have an empty constructor.
* If the class is an instance of {@link IXMLConfigurable} and
* supportXMLConfigurable is true, the object created
* will be automatically populated by invoking the
* {@link IXMLConfigurable#loadFromXML(Reader)} method,
* passing it the node XML automatically populated.
*
* This method should not throw exception upon errors, but will return
* the default value instead (even if null). Use a method without
* a default value argument to get exception on errors.
*
* @param node the node representing the class to instantiate.
* @param defaultObject if returned object is null or undefined,
* returns this default object.
* @param key sub-node name/hierarchical path
* @param supportXMLConfigurable automatically populates the object from XML
* if it is implementing {@link IXMLConfigurable}.
* @param the type of the return value
* @return a new object.
*/
public static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key,
T defaultObject, boolean supportXMLConfigurable) {
return newInstance(node, key, defaultObject,
supportXMLConfigurable, false);
}
private static T newInstance(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key,
T defaultObject, boolean supportXMLConfigurable,
boolean canThrowException) {
if (node == null) {
return defaultObject;
}
try {
if (key == null && defaultObject == null) {
return ConfigurationUtil.newInstance(
node, (T) null, supportXMLConfigurable);
}
HierarchicalConfiguration subconfig =
safeConfigurationAt(node, key);
return ConfigurationUtil.newInstance(
subconfig, defaultObject, supportXMLConfigurable);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (canThrowException) {
if (e instanceof ConfigurationException) {
throw (ConfigurationException) e;
} else {
throw new ConfigurationException(
"Could not instantiate object from configuration "
+ "for \"" + node.getRoot().getName()
+ " -> " + key + "\".", e);
}
} else {
if (e instanceof ConfigurationException
&& e.getCause() != null
&& e.getCause() instanceof ClassNotFoundException) {
LOG.error("You declared a class that does not exists "
+ "for \"" + node.getRoot().getName()
+ " -> " + key + "\". "
+ "Check for typos in your XML and make sure that "
+ "class is part of your Java classpath.", e);
} else{
LOG.debug("Could not instantiate object from configuration "
+ "for \"" + node.getRoot().getName()
+ " -> " + key + "\".", e);
}
}
return defaultObject;
}
}
/**
* Creates a new {@link Reader} from a {@link XMLConfiguration}.
* Do not forget to close the reader instance when you are done with it.
* @param node the xml configuration to convert to a reader instance.
* @return reader
* @throws ConfigurationException cannot read configuration
* @throws IOException cannot read configuration
*/
public static Reader newReader(HierarchicalConfiguration node)
throws IOException {
XMLConfiguration xml;
if (node instanceof XMLConfiguration) {
xml = (XMLConfiguration) node;
} else {
xml = new XMLConfiguration(node);
disableDelimiterParsing(xml);
}
StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
try {
xml.save(w);
} catch (org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException e) {
throw new ConfigurationException(
"Could transform XML node to reader.", e);
}
StringReader r = new StringReader(w.toString());
w.close();
return r;
}
/**
* This method is the same as
* {@link HierarchicalConfiguration#configurationAt(String)}, except that
* it first checks if the key exists before attempting to retrieve it,
* and returns null on missing keys instead of an
* IllegalArgumentException
* @param node the tree to extract a sub tree from
* @param key the key that selects the sub tree
* @return a XML configuration that contains this sub tree
*/
public static XMLConfiguration getXmlAt(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key) {
if (node == null) {
return null;
}
HierarchicalConfiguration sub = safeConfigurationAt(node, key);
if (sub == null) {
return null;
}
XMLConfiguration xml = new XMLConfiguration(sub);
disableDelimiterParsing(xml);
return xml;
}
/**
* Convenience class for testing that a {@link IXMLConfigurable} instance
* can be written, and read into an new instance that is equal as per
* {@link #equals(Object)}.
* @param xmlConfiurable the instance to test if it writes/read properly
* @throws IOException Cannot read/write
* @throws ConfigurationException Cannot load configuration
*/
public static void assertWriteRead(IXMLConfigurable xmlConfiurable)
throws IOException {
File tempFile = File.createTempFile("XMLConfigurableTester", ".xml");
// Write
Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(
new FileOutputStream(tempFile), CharEncoding.UTF_8);
try {
xmlConfiurable.saveToXML(out);
} finally {
out.close();
}
// Read
XMLConfiguration xml = new ConfigurationLoader().loadXML(tempFile);
IXMLConfigurable readConfigurable =
(IXMLConfigurable) ConfigurationUtil.newInstance(xml);
FileUtil.delete(tempFile);
if (!xmlConfiurable.equals(readConfigurable)) {
LOG.error("BEFORE: " + xmlConfiurable);
LOG.error(" AFTER: " + readConfigurable);
throw new ConfigurationException(
"Saved and loaded XML are not the same.");
}
}
// This method is because the regular configuration at MUST have 1
// entry or will fail, and the containsKey(String) method is not reliable
// since it expects a value (body text) or returns false.
private static HierarchicalConfiguration safeConfigurationAt(
HierarchicalConfiguration node, String key) {
List subs = node.configurationsAt(key);
if (subs != null && !subs.isEmpty()) {
return subs.get(0);
}
return null;
}
}