diff -r f907866f0e4b -r 6fceb66e1ad7 org/sonews/daemon/Main.java
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.daemon;
+
+import java.sql.Driver;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Date;
+import org.sonews.feed.FeedManager;
+import org.sonews.mlgw.MailPoller;
+import org.sonews.daemon.storage.Database;
+import org.sonews.util.Log;
+import org.sonews.util.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * Startup class of the daemon.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public final class Main
+{
+  
+  private Main()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Version information of the sonews daemon */
+  public static final String VERSION = "sonews/0.5.0";
+  public static final Date   STARTDATE = new Date();
+  
+  /**
+   * The main entrypoint.
+   * @param args
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println(VERSION);
+    Thread.currentThread().setName("Mainthread");
+
+    // Command line arguments
+    boolean feed    = false;  // Enable feeding?
+    boolean mlgw    = false;  // Enable Mailinglist gateway?
+    int     port    = -1;
+    
+    for(int n = 0; n < args.length; n++)
+    {
+      if(args[n].equals("-c") || args[n].equals("-config"))
+      {
+        BootstrapConfig.FILE = args[++n];
+        System.out.println("Using config file " + args[n]);
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-dumpjdbcdriver"))
+      {
+        System.out.println("Available JDBC drivers:");
+        Enumeration<Driver> drvs =  DriverManager.getDrivers();
+        while(drvs.hasMoreElements())
+        {
+          System.out.println(drvs.nextElement());
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-feed"))
+      {
+        feed = true;
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-h") || args[n].equals("-help"))
+      {
+        printArguments();
+        return;
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-mlgw"))
+      {
+        mlgw = true;
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-p"))
+      {
+        port = Integer.parseInt(args[++n]);
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // Try to load the Database;
+    // Do NOT USE Config or Log classes before this point because they require
+    // a working Database connection.
+    try
+    {
+      Database.getInstance();
+      
+      // Make sure some elementary groups are existing
+      if(!Database.getInstance().isGroupExisting("control"))
+      {
+        Database.getInstance().addGroup("control", 0);
+        Log.msg("Group 'control' created.", true);
+      }
+    }
+    catch(SQLException ex)
+    {
+      ex.printStackTrace();
+      System.err.println("Database initialization failed with " + ex.toString());
+      System.err.println("Make sure you have specified the correct database" +
+        " settings in sonews.conf!");
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    ChannelLineBuffers.allocateDirect();
+    
+    // Add shutdown hook
+    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new ShutdownHook());
+    
+    // Start the listening daemon
+    if(port <= 0)
+    {
+      port = Config.getInstance().get(Config.PORT, 119);
+    }
+    final NNTPDaemon daemon = NNTPDaemon.createInstance(port);
+    daemon.start();
+    
+    // Start Connections purger thread...
+    Connections.getInstance().start();
+    
+    // Start mailinglist gateway...
+    if(mlgw)
+    {
+      new MailPoller().start();
+    }
+    
+    // Start feeds
+    if(feed)
+    {
+      FeedManager.startFeeding();
+    }
+    
+    // Wait for main thread to exit (setDaemon(false))
+    daemon.join();
+  }
+  
+  private static void printArguments()
+  {
+    String usage = Resource.getAsString("helpers/usage", true);
+    System.out.println(usage);
+  }
+
+}