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Here are the specific changes to be made to enable property based installation/configuration:

Change #1: New properties -

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COMMITTED

database.installation = (auto|manual): if auto, Roller will prompt to create/upgrade tables

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mail.connectionType = (jndi|properties) - choose either JNDI or properties for mail session
mail.jndiName - JNDI name to be used for mail-session if type is 'jndi'
mail.hostname: Host name of mail server to be used if type is 'properties'
mail.username: Username for mail server to be used if type is 'properties'
mail.password: Password for mail server to be used if type is 'properties'

Change #2: Change implementations of the Roller interface -

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When creating persistence strategy, we rely on a DatabaseProvider class with this logic:

• If JDBC connection properties present, use them
• Else use JNDI data-source

Change #3: Change mail sending code - COMMITTED

When creating mail-session - DONE

• Create new MailProvider class to get mail-session, provider will use this logic:
  • If mail-host property is present, use it
  • Else use JNDI mail-session

Change #4: Change RollerContext initialization -

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COMMITTED

• Change contextInitialized() so that it initializes only the UI portions of Roller
  • Move RollerImpl initialization into RollerImpl classes
• Change contextInitialized() so that it does not throw exceptions
  • We want context to load regardless of Roller configuration

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