diff -r f907866f0e4b -r 6fceb66e1ad7 org/sonews/web/AbstractSonewsServlet.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.web;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import org.sonews.util.StringTemplate;
+import org.sonews.util.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all sonews servlets.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class AbstractSonewsServlet extends HttpServlet
+{
+
+  public static final String TemplateRoot = "org/sonews/web/tmpl/";
+  
+  protected String        hello = null;
+  
+  private BufferedReader  in     = null;
+  private PrintWriter     out    = null;
+  private Socket          socket = null;
+  
+  protected void connectToNewsserver()
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    // Get sonews port from properties
+    String port = System.getProperty("sonews.port", "9119");
+    String host = System.getProperty("sonews.host", "localhost");
+    
+    try
+    {
+      this.socket = new Socket(host, Integer.parseInt(port));
+
+      this.in     = new BufferedReader(
+        new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
+      this.out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
+
+      hello = in.readLine(); // Read hello message
+    }
+    catch(IOException ex)
+    {
+      System.out.println("sonews.host=" + host);
+      System.out.println("sonews.port=" + port);
+      System.out.flush();
+      throw ex;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  protected void disconnectFromNewsserver()
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      printlnToNewsserver("QUIT");
+      out.close();
+      readlnFromNewsserver(); // Wait for bye message
+      in.close();
+      socket.close();
+    }
+    catch(IOException ex)
+    {
+      ex.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+  
+  protected StringTemplate getTemplate(String res)
+  {
+    StringTemplate tmpl = new StringTemplate(
+      Resource.getAsString(TemplateRoot + "AbstractSonewsServlet.tmpl", true));
+    String content    = Resource.getAsString(TemplateRoot + res, true);
+    String stylesheet = System.getProperty("sonews.web.stylesheet", "style.css");
+    
+    tmpl.set("CONTENT", content);
+    tmpl.set("STYLESHEET", stylesheet);
+    
+    return new StringTemplate(tmpl.toString());
+  }
+  
+  protected void printlnToNewsserver(final String line)
+  {
+    this.out.println(line);
+    this.out.flush();
+  }
+  
+  protected String readlnFromNewsserver()
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    return this.in.readLine();
+  }
+  
+}