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/* * Copyright 2014 University of Southern California * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package edu.usc.pgroup.floe.config; import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration; import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException; import org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultConfigurationBuilder; import java.io.File; /** * Singleton FloeConfig class. * * @author Alok Kumbhare */ public final class FloeConfig { /** * The singleton class instance. */ private static Configuration config; /** * Hiding the default constructor from outside world. */ private FloeConfig() { } /** * To retrieve the config object. * FIXME: This is not a Thread Safe Function (for the first initialization) * * @return Fully initialized configuration object * (instance of Apache Commons Configuration) */ public static Configuration getConfig() { if (config == null) { DefaultConfigurationBuilder builder = new DefaultConfigurationBuilder(); builder.setFile(new File("config.xml")); try { config = builder.getConfiguration(true); } catch (ConfigurationException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Missing configuration description file."); } } return config; } }