diff -r 2fdc9cc89502 -r ed84c8bdd87b src/org/sonews/util/DatabaseSetup.java
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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.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.sonews.config.Config;
+import org.sonews.util.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * Database setup utility class.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public final class DatabaseSetup 
+{
+
+  private static final Map<String, String> templateMap 
+    = new HashMap<String, String>();
+  private static final Map<String, StringTemplate> urlMap
+    = new HashMap<String, StringTemplate>();
+  private static final Map<String, String> driverMap
+    = new HashMap<String, String>();
+  
+  static
+  {
+    templateMap.put("1", "helpers/database_mysql5_tmpl.sql");
+    templateMap.put("2", "helpers/database_postgresql8_tmpl.sql");
+    
+    urlMap.put("1", new StringTemplate("jdbc:mysql://%HOSTNAME/%DB"));
+    urlMap.put("2", new StringTemplate("jdbc:postgresql://%HOSTNAME/%DB"));
+    
+    driverMap.put("1", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
+    driverMap.put("2", "org.postgresql.Driver");
+  }
+  
+  public static void main(String[] args)
+    throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println("sonews Database setup helper");
+    System.out.println("This program will create a initial database table structure");
+    System.out.println("for the sonews Newsserver.");
+    System.out.println("You need to create a database and a db user manually before!");
+    
+    System.out.println("Select DBMS type:");
+    System.out.println("[1] MySQL 5.x or higher");
+    System.out.println("[2] PostgreSQL 8.x or higher");
+    System.out.print("Your choice: ");
+    
+    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+    String dbmsType = in.readLine();
+    String tmplName = templateMap.get(dbmsType);
+    if(tmplName == null)
+    {
+      System.err.println("Invalid choice. Try again you fool!");
+      main(args);
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    // Load JDBC Driver class
+    Class.forName(driverMap.get(dbmsType));
+    
+    String tmpl = Resource.getAsString(tmplName, true);
+    
+    System.out.print("Database server hostname (e.g. localhost): ");
+    String dbHostname = in.readLine();
+    
+    System.out.print("Database name: ");
+    String dbName = in.readLine();
+
+    System.out.print("Give name of DB user that can create tables: ");
+    String dbUser = in.readLine();
+
+    System.out.print("Password: ");
+    String dbPassword = in.readLine();
+    
+    String url = urlMap.get(dbmsType)
+      .set("HOSTNAME", dbHostname)
+      .set("DB", dbName).toString();
+    
+    Connection conn = 
+      DriverManager.getConnection(url, dbUser, dbPassword);
+    conn.setAutoCommit(false);
+    
+    String[] tmplChunks = tmpl.split(";");
+    
+    for(String chunk : tmplChunks)
+    {
+      if(chunk.trim().equals(""))
+      {
+        continue;
+      }
+      
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+      stmt.execute(chunk);
+    }
+    
+    conn.commit();
+    conn.setAutoCommit(true);
+    
+    // Create config file
+    
+    System.out.println("Ok");
+  }
+  
+}