gate.util.spring
Class Init

java.lang.Object
  gate.util.spring.Init

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware

public class Init
extends Object
implements org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware

Helper class to support GATE initialisation via Spring. The following is a typical XML fragment to initialise GATE.

 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:gate="http://gate.ac.uk/ns/spring"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="
          http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
          http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
          http://gate.ac.uk/ns/spring
          http://gate.ac.uk/ns/spring.xsd">
 
   <gate:init gate-home="path/to/GATE"
              site-config-file="site/gate.xml"
              user-config-file="user/gate.xml">
     <gate:preload-plugins>
       <value>plugins/ANNIE</value>
       <value>http://plugins.org/another/plugin</value>
     </gate:preload-plugins>
   </gate:init>
 

Valid attributes are gate-home, plugins-home, site-config-file, user-config-file and builtin-creole-dir - Spring Resources corresponding to the equivalent static set methods of Gate. Also, preload-plugins is a list of Resources that will be loaded as GATE plugins after GATE is initialised.

As well as any plugins specified using preload-plugins, we also scan the defining bean factory for any beans of type ExtraGatePlugin, and load the plugins they refer to. This is useful if bean definitions are provided in several separate files, or if you are providing additional bean definitions to a context that already defines an Init bean definition that you cannot edit.

The equivalent definition in "normal" Spring form (without the gate: namespace) would be:

 <bean class="gate.util.spring.Init"
      init-method="init">
   <property name="gateHome" value="path/to/GATE" />
   <property name="siteConfigFile" value="site/gate.xml" />
   <property name="userConfigFile" value="user/gate.xml" />
   <property name="preloadPlugins">
     <list>
       <value>plugins/ANNIE</value>
       <value>http://plugins.org/another/plugin</value>
     </list>
   </property>
 </bean>
 

Note that when using this form the init-method="init" in the above definition is vital. GATE will not work if it is omitted.

Constructor Summary

Init()

Method Summary

void	init() Initialises GATE and loads any preloadPlugins that have been specified, as well as any defined by ExtraGatePlugin beans in the containing factory.
void	setBeanFactory(org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	setBuiltinCreoleDir(org.springframework.core.io.Resource builtinCreoleDir)
void	setGateHome(org.springframework.core.io.Resource gateHome)
void	setPluginsHome(org.springframework.core.io.Resource pluginsHome)
void	setPreloadPlugins(List<org.springframework.core.io.Resource> plugins)
void	setSiteConfigFile(org.springframework.core.io.Resource siteConfigFile)
void	setUserConfigFile(org.springframework.core.io.Resource userConfigFile)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Init

public Init()

Method Detail

setBeanFactory

public void setBeanFactory(org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory beanFactory)

Specified by:

setBeanFactory in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware

setGateHome

public void setGateHome(org.springframework.core.io.Resource gateHome)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

setPluginsHome

public void setPluginsHome(org.springframework.core.io.Resource pluginsHome)
                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

setSiteConfigFile

public void setSiteConfigFile(org.springframework.core.io.Resource siteConfigFile)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

setUserConfigFile

public void setUserConfigFile(org.springframework.core.io.Resource userConfigFile)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

setBuiltinCreoleDir

public void setBuiltinCreoleDir(org.springframework.core.io.Resource builtinCreoleDir)
                         throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

setPreloadPlugins

public void setPreloadPlugins(List<org.springframework.core.io.Resource> plugins)

init

public void init()
          throws Exception

Initialises GATE and loads any preloadPlugins that have been specified, as well as any defined by ExtraGatePlugin beans in the containing factory.

Throws:

Exception