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+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/Standalone.java	Wed Sep 09 07:55:44 2009 +0000
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+package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.rest;
+
+import org.restlet.Component;
+
+import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabase;
+
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.Config;
+
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.rest.RestApp;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class Standalone
+{
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Standalone.class);
+
+    public static final String REST_PORT =
+        "/artifact-database/rest-server/port/text()";
+
+    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 8181;
+
+    public static void startAsServer(ArtifactDatabase db) {
+        String portString = Config.getStringXPath(REST_PORT);
+
+        int port = DEFAULT_PORT;
+
+        if (portString != null) {
+            try {
+                port = Integer.parseInt(portString);
+                if (port < 0) {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+                logger.error("rest port is not a positive integer value.", nfe);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        RestApp app = new RestApp(db);
+
+        Component component = new Component();
+
+        component.getServers().add(Protocol.HTTP, port);
+
+        component.getDefaultHost().attach(app);
+
+        try {
+            component.start();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: