diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b src/org/sonews/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;
+
+import java.sql.Driver;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import org.sonews.config.Config;
+import org.sonews.daemon.ChannelLineBuffers;
+import org.sonews.daemon.CommandSelector;
+import org.sonews.daemon.Connections;
+import org.sonews.daemon.NNTPDaemon;
+import org.sonews.feed.FeedManager;
+import org.sonews.mlgw.MailPoller;
+import org.sonews.storage.StorageBackendException;
+import org.sonews.storage.StorageManager;
+import org.sonews.storage.StorageProvider;
+import org.sonews.util.Log;
+import org.sonews.util.Purger;
+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/1.1.0";
+  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"))
+      {
+        Config.inst().set(Config.LEVEL_CLI, Config.CONFIGFILE, 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]);
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-plugin"))
+      {
+        System.out.println("Warning: -plugin-storage is not implemented!");
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-plugin-command"))
+      {
+        try
+        {
+          CommandSelector.addCommandHandler(args[++n]);
+        }
+        catch(Exception ex)
+        {
+          Log.get().warning("Could not load command plugin: " + args[n]);
+          Log.get().log(Level.INFO, "Main.java", ex);
+        }
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-plugin-storage"))
+      {
+        System.out.println("Warning: -plugin-storage is not implemented!");
+      }
+      else if(args[n].equals("-v") || args[n].equals("-version"))
+      {
+        // Simply return as the version info is already printed above
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // Try to load the JDBCDatabase;
+    // Do NOT USE BackendConfig or Log classes before this point because they require
+    // a working JDBCDatabase connection.
+    try
+    {
+      StorageProvider sprov =
+        StorageManager.loadProvider("org.sonews.storage.impl.JDBCDatabaseProvider");
+      StorageManager.enableProvider(sprov);
+      
+      // Make sure some elementary groups are existing
+      if(!StorageManager.current().isGroupExisting("control"))
+      {
+        StorageManager.current().addGroup("control", 0);
+        Log.get().info("Group 'control' created.");
+      }
+    }
+    catch(StorageBackendException 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.inst().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();
+    }
+
+    Purger purger = new Purger();
+    purger.start();
+    
+    // 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);
+  }
+
+}