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+/*
+ *   StarOffice 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 com.so.news;
+
+import java.net.BindException;
+
+import java.sql.Driver;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+import com.so.news.storage.Database;
+import com.so.news.storage.Purger;
+
+/**
+ * Startup class of the daemon.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ */
+public class Main
+{
+  /** Version information of the StarOffice News daemon */
+  public static final String VERSION = "StarOffice News Server 0.5alpha1";
+
+  /**
+   * The main entrypoint.
+   * @param args
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println(VERSION);
+
+    // Command line arguments
+    boolean auxPort = false;
+    
+    for(int n = 0; n < args.length; n++)
+    {
+      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("--useaux"))
+        auxPort = true;
+    }
+    
+    // Try to load the Database
+    try
+    {
+      Database.arise();
+    }
+    catch(Exception ex)
+    {
+      ex.printStackTrace(Debug.getInstance().getStream());
+      System.err.println("Database initialization failed with " + ex.toString());
+      
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    // Start the n3tpd garbage collector
+    new Purger().start();
+    
+    // Start the listening daemon
+    try
+    {
+      new NNTPDaemon(false).start();
+    }
+    catch(BindException ex)
+    {
+      ex.printStackTrace(Debug.getInstance().getStream());
+      System.err.println("Could not bind to interface. Perhaps you need superuser rights?");
+    }
+    
+    // Start auxilary listening port...
+    if(auxPort)
+      new NNTPDaemon(true).start();
+  }
+}