Index: lams_tool_forum/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/forum/core/GenericObjectFactoryImpl.java
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+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.tool.forum.core;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.log4j.Priority;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+
+/**
+ * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: conradb
+ * Date: 3/06/2005
+ * Time: 15:42:12
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+public class GenericObjectFactoryImpl implements GenericObjectFactory {
+   protected static ApplicationContext applicationContext;
+   protected static GenericObjectFactory genericObjectFactory;
+   protected static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(GenericObjectFactoryImpl.class);
+
+    public static GenericObjectFactory getInstance() {
+        if (genericObjectFactory == null) {
+            genericObjectFactory = new GenericObjectFactoryImpl();
+            addContext("/forumApplicationContext.xml");
+        }
+        return genericObjectFactory;
+    }
+
+    public static ApplicationContext addContext(String contextPath) {
+            try {
+                if (applicationContext == null) {
+                    //There is no root context let this be the root context
+                    applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(contextPath);
+                } else {
+                    //There is a root application context merge the new context with the root and refresh the context
+                    applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] {contextPath}, true, applicationContext);
+                }
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        return applicationContext;
+    }
+
+    public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return applicationContext;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup by name
+     *
+     */
+    public Object lookup(String binding) throws FactoryException {
+        try {
+            return this.getApplicationContext().getBean(binding);
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            throw new FactoryException("unable to locate object in container", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup by class type
+     */
+    public Object lookup(Class type) throws FactoryException {
+        Object found = this.lookup(this.toFirstCharLowerCase(this.cutPackageFromName(type.getName())));
+        return found;
+    }
+
+    protected String toFirstCharLowerCase(String name) {
+        char[] chars = name.toCharArray();
+        //make first char lowercase
+        chars[0] = String.valueOf(chars[0]).toLowerCase().toCharArray()[0];
+        return String.valueOf(chars);
+    }
+
+    protected String cutPackageFromName(String name) {
+        if (name.indexOf(".") > -1) {
+            name = name.substring(name.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+        }
+        return name;
+    }
+}