diff -r 000000000000 -r 087ef6fe6a1a org/sonews/storage/StorageManager.java
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+++ b/org/sonews/storage/StorageManager.java	Wed May 12 11:18:02 2010 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.storage;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/1.0
+ */
+public final class StorageManager
+{
+
+  private static StorageProvider provider;
+
+  public static Storage current()
+    throws StorageBackendException
+  {
+    synchronized(StorageManager.class)
+    {
+      if(provider == null)
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        return provider.storage(Thread.currentThread());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static StorageProvider loadProvider(String pluginClassName)
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(pluginClassName);
+      Object   inst  = clazz.newInstance();
+      return (StorageProvider)inst;
+    }
+    catch(Exception ex)
+    {
+      System.err.println(ex);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the current storage provider.
+   * @param provider
+   */
+  public static void enableProvider(StorageProvider provider)
+  {
+    synchronized(StorageManager.class)
+    {
+      if(StorageManager.provider != null)
+      {
+        disableProvider();
+      }
+      StorageManager.provider = provider;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Disables the current provider.
+   */
+  public static void disableProvider()
+  {
+    synchronized(StorageManager.class)
+    {
+      provider = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+}