--- a/flys-backend/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/importer/Importer.java	Sat Jun 18 20:13:31 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-backend/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/importer/Importer.java	Sun Jun 19 12:26:12 2011 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.intevation.flys.importer;
 
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@
 import org.hibernate.Transaction;
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
 public class Importer
 {
     private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Importer.class);
@@ -19,6 +23,9 @@
     public static final boolean DRY_RUN =
         Boolean.getBoolean("flys.backend.importer.dry.run");
 
+    public static final String ANNOTATION_TYPES =
+        "flys.backend.importer.annotation.types";
+
     protected List<ImportRiver> rivers;
 
     public Importer() {
@@ -79,9 +86,34 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public static AnnotationClassifier getAnnotationClassifier() {
+        String annotationTypes = System.getProperty(ANNOTATION_TYPES);
+
+        if (annotationTypes == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        File file = new File(annotationTypes);
+
+        if (!(file.isFile() && file.canRead())) {
+            log.warn("annotation type file '" + file + "' is not readable.");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Document rules = XMLUtils.parseDocument(file);
+
+        if (rules == null) {
+            log.warn("cannot parse annotation types file.");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new AnnotationClassifier(rules);
+    }
+
     public static void main(String [] args) {
 
-        InfoGewParser infoGewParser = new InfoGewParser();
+        InfoGewParser infoGewParser = new InfoGewParser(
+            getAnnotationClassifier());
 
         for (String gew: args) {
             log.info("parsing info gew file: " + gew);