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17  package org.apache.commons.configuration.interpol;
18  
19  import java.lang.reflect.Field;
20  import java.util.HashMap;
21  import java.util.Map;
22  
23  import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils;
24  import org.apache.commons.lang.text.StrLookup;
25  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
26  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
27  
28  /***
29   * <p>
30   * A specialized lookup implementation that allows access to constant fields of
31   * classes.
32   * </p>
33   * <p>
34   * Sometimes it is necessary in a configuration file to refer to a constant
35   * defined in a class. This can be done with this lookup implementation.
36   * Variable names passed in must be of the form
37   * <code>mypackage.MyClass.FIELD</code>. The <code>lookup()</code> method
38   * will split the passed in string at the last dot, separating the fully
39   * qualified class name and the name of the constant (i.e. <strong>static final</strong>)
40   * member field. Then the class is loaded and the field's value is obtained
41   * using reflection.
42   * </p>
43   * <p>
44   * Once retrieved values are cached for fast access. This class is thread-safe.
45   * It can be used as a standard (i.e. global) lookup object and serve multiple
46   * clients concurrently.
47   * </p>
48   *
49   * @version $Id: ConstantLookup.java 588329 2007-10-25 20:01:31Z oheger $
50   * @since 1.4
51   * @author <a
52   * href="http://commons.apache.org/configuration/team-list.html">Commons
53   * Configuration team</a>
54   */
55  public class ConstantLookup extends StrLookup
56  {
57      /*** Constant for the field separator. */
58      private static final char FIELD_SEPRATOR = '.';
59  
60      /*** An internally used cache for already retrieved values. */
61      private static Map constantCache = new HashMap();
62  
63      /*** The logger. */
64      private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
65  
66      /***
67       * Tries to resolve the specified variable. The passed in variable name is
68       * interpreted as the name of a <b>static final</b> member field of a
69       * class. If the value has already been obtained, it can be retrieved from
70       * an internal cache. Otherwise this method will invoke the
71       * <code>resolveField()</code> method and pass in the name of the class
72       * and the field.
73       *
74       * @param var the name of the variable to be resolved
75       * @return the value of this variable or <b>null</b> if it cannot be
76       * resolved
77       */
78      public String lookup(String var)
79      {
80          if (var == null)
81          {
82              return null;
83          }
84  
85          String result;
86          synchronized (constantCache)
87          {
88              result = (String) constantCache.get(var);
89          }
90          if (result != null)
91          {
92              return result;
93          }
94  
95          int fieldPos = var.lastIndexOf(FIELD_SEPRATOR);
96          if (fieldPos < 0)
97          {
98              return null;
99          }
100         try
101         {
102             Object value = resolveField(var.substring(0, fieldPos), var
103                     .substring(fieldPos + 1));
104             if (value != null)
105             {
106                 synchronized (constantCache)
107                 {
108                     // In worst case, the value will be fetched multiple times
109                     // because of this lax synchronisation, but for constant
110                     // values this shouldn't be a problem.
111                     constantCache.put(var, String.valueOf(value));
112                 }
113                 result = value.toString();
114             }
115         }
116         catch (Exception ex)
117         {
118             log.warn("Could not obtain value for variable " + var, ex);
119         }
120 
121         return result;
122     }
123 
124     /***
125      * Clears the shared cache with the so far resolved constants.
126      */
127     public static void clear()
128     {
129         synchronized (constantCache)
130         {
131             constantCache.clear();
132         }
133     }
134 
135     /***
136      * Determines the value of the specified constant member field of a class.
137      * This implementation will call <code>fetchClass()</code> to obtain the
138      * <code>java.lang.Class</code> object for the target class. Then it will
139      * use reflection to obtain the field's value. For this to work the field
140      * must be accessable.
141      *
142      * @param className the name of the class
143      * @param fieldName the name of the member field of that class to read
144      * @return the field's value
145      * @throws Exception if an error occurs
146      */
147     protected Object resolveField(String className, String fieldName)
148             throws Exception
149     {
150         Class clazz = fetchClass(className);
151         Field field = clazz.getField(fieldName);
152         return field.get(null);
153     }
154 
155     /***
156      * Loads the class with the specified name. If an application has special
157      * needs regarding the class loaders to be used, it can hook in here. This
158      * implementation delegates to the <code>getClass()</code> method of
159      * Commons Lang's
160      * <code><a href="http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-release/org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtils.html">
161      * ClassUtils</a></code>.
162      *
163      * @param className the name of the class to be loaded
164      * @return the corresponding class object
165      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be loaded
166      */
167     protected Class fetchClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException
168     {
169         return ClassUtils.getClass(className);
170     }
171 }