org.apache.james.context
Class AvalonContextConstants

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.james.context.AvalonContextConstants

public class AvalonContextConstants
extends java.lang.Object

This class is a placeholder for Avalon Context keys. In order to decouple James from Phoenix, and to allow James to run in any Avalon Framework container it is necessary that James not depend on the BlockContext class from Phoenix, but rather only on the Context interface. This requires that we look up context values directly, using String keys. This class stores the String keys that are used by James to look up context values. The lifetime of this class is expected to be limited. At some point in the near future the Avalon folks will make a decision about how exactly to define, describe, and publish context values. At that point we can replace this temporary mechanism with the Avalon mechanism. Unfortunately right now that decision is still unmade, so we need to use this class as a temporary solution.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

APPLICATION_HOME The context key associated with the home directory of the application being run.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

APPLICATION_HOME

public static final java.lang.String APPLICATION_HOME

The context key associated with the home directory of the application being run. The object returned on a context.get(AvalonContextConstants.APPLICATION_HOME) should be of type java.io.File and should be the home directory for the application (in our case, James)

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Constant Field Values