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package org.jaxen.saxpath.helpers;

import org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException;
import org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader;

/** Create an {@link org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader} from
 *  either a system property, or a named class.
 *
 *  
 *  Similar to the SAX API, the XPathReaderFactory
 *  can create an XPathReader from a name of a
 *  class passed in directly, or by inspecting the system
 *  property org.saxpath.driver.
 *
 *  @author bob mcwhirter ([email protected])
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes","unchecked"})
public class XPathReaderFactory
{
    /** The org.saxpath.driver property name. */
    public static final String DRIVER_PROPERTY = "org.saxpath.driver";

    /** The default driver to use if none is configured. */
    protected static final String DEFAULT_DRIVER = "org.jaxen.saxpath.base.XPathReader";
    
    private XPathReaderFactory() {}
    
    
    /** Create an XPathReader using the value of
     *  the org.saxpath.driver system property.
     *
     *  @return an instance of the XPathReader specified
     *          by the org.saxpath.driver property
     *
     *  @throws SAXPathException if the property is  not set, or if
     *          the class can not be instantiated for some reason,
     *          or if the class doesn't implement the XPathReader
     *          interface
     */
    public static XPathReader createReader() throws SAXPathException
    {
        String className = null;

        try
        {
            className = System.getProperty( DRIVER_PROPERTY );
        }
        catch (SecurityException e)
        {
            // we'll use the default
        }

        if ( className == null
             ||
             className.length() == 0 )
        {
            className = DEFAULT_DRIVER;
        }

        return createReader( className );
    }
    
    /** Create an XPathReader using the passed
     *  in class name.
     *
     *  @param className the name of the class that implements
     *         the XPathReader interface.
     * 
     *  @return an XPathReader
     *
     *  @throws SAXPathException if the class cannot be
     *          instantiated for some reason, or if the
     *          class doesn't implement the XPathReader
     *          interface
     */
    public static XPathReader createReader(String className) throws SAXPathException
    {
        Class readerClass  = null;
        XPathReader reader = null;

        try
        {
            // Use the full version of Class.forName(), so as to
            // work better in sandboxed environments, such as
            // servlet containers and applets.

            readerClass = Class.forName( className,
                                         true,
                                         XPathReaderFactory.class.getClassLoader() );
            
            // Double-check that it's actually the right kind of class
            // before attempting instantiation.
            
            if ( ! XPathReader.class.isAssignableFrom( readerClass ) )
            {
                throw new SAXPathException( "Class [" + className 
                  + "] does not implement the org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader interface." );
            }
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            throw new SAXPathException( e );
        }

        try
        {
            reader = (XPathReader) readerClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e)
        {
            throw new SAXPathException( e );
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw new SAXPathException( e );
        }
        
        return reader;
    }
}