SpringXMLLoaderTie.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context.tie.SCAGenericApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;

/**
 * A tie that allows Tuscany to call Spring library to load the application context for the purpose of introspection
 */
public class SpringXMLLoaderTie {

    public static ApplicationContext createApplicationContext(Object scaParentContext,
                                                              ClassLoader classLoader,
                                                              List<URL> resources) {
        if (classLoader == null) {
            classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        }

        SCAGenericApplicationContext appCtx =
            new SCAGenericApplicationContext((ApplicationContext)scaParentContext, classLoader);
        XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(appCtx);

        // REVIEW: [rfeng] How do we control the schema validation 
        xmlReader.setValidating(false);

        for (URL resource : resources) {
            xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new UrlResource(resource));
        }

        return appCtx;

    }

}