Added mechanism for passing configuration information in to place

managers. This will be used for dynamic server side configuration and an
additional mechanism will provide for dynamic client side configuration.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/narya/trunk@137 542714f4-19e9-0310-aa3c-eee0fc999fb1

src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceRegistry.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //
-// $Id: PlaceRegistry.java,v 1.2 2001/08/01 17:00:59 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PlaceRegistry.java,v 1.3 2001/08/01 20:37:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.party.server;
 
 import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 import com.samskivert.util.Config;
 import com.samskivert.util.Queue;
 
@@ -29,6 +31,41 @@ public class PlaceRegistry implements Subscriber
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates and registers a new place along with a manager to manage
+     * that place. The place object class and place manager class are
+     * determined from the configuration information provided in the
+     * supplied properties instance.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration information for this place manager.
+     *
+     * @see PlaceConfig#PLACEOBJ_CLASS
+     * @see PlaceConfig#PLACEMGR_CLASS
+     */
+    public void createPlace (Properties config)
+    {
+        String pobjcl = config.getProperty(PlaceConfig.PLACEOBJ_CLASS);
+        if (pobjcl == null) {
+            Log.warning("No place object classname specified in " +
+                        "place config [config=" + config + "].");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String pmgrcl = config.getProperty(PlaceConfig.PLACEMGR_CLASS);
+        if (pobjcl == null) {
+            Log.warning("No place manager classname specified in " +
+                        "place config [config=" + config + "].");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            createPlace(Class.forName(pobjcl), Class.forName(pmgrcl), config);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.warning("Unable to instantiate place object or " +
+                        "manager class [error=" + e + "].");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates and registers a new place along with a manager to manage
      * that place. The registry takes care of tracking the creation of the
@@ -38,14 +75,16 @@ public class PlaceRegistry implements Subscriber
      * should be instantiated to create the place object.
      * @param pmgrClass the <code>PlaceManager</code> derived class that
      * should be instantiated to manage the place.
+     * @param config the configuration information for this place manager.
      */
-    public void createPlace (Class pobjClass, Class pmgrClass)
+    public void createPlace (Class pobjClass, Class pmgrClass,
+                             Properties config)
     {
         // create a place manager for this place
         try {
             PlaceManager pmgr = (PlaceManager)pmgrClass.newInstance();
             // let the pmgr know about us
-            pmgr.init(this);
+            pmgr.init(this, config);
             // stick the manager on the creation queue because we know
             // we'll get our calls to objectAvailable()/requestFailed() in
             // the order that we call createObject()