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package ca.carleton.gcrc.contributions;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public class ContributionsUtils {
	static final protected Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("ca.carleton.gcrc.contributions.ContributionsUtils");
	
	static final public String PROPERTIES_SERVLET_ATTRIB_NAME = "ContributionsProperties";
	
	static public Contributions createContibutionHandler(ServletContext servletContext, Connection connection) {
		Contributions contributions = null;
		
		// Load up contribution properties file....
		Properties props = new Properties();
		{
			if( null != servletContext ) {
				Object propertiesObj = servletContext.getAttribute(PROPERTIES_SERVLET_ATTRIB_NAME);
				if( null != propertiesObj
				 && propertiesObj instanceof Properties ) {
					props = (Properties)propertiesObj;
				}
			}
		}
		
		try {
			contributions = new Contributions(props, connection);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.error("Contributions table problem - check that properties file definitions match database schema:", e);
			return(null);
		}

		return(contributions);
	}
}