private void InitialiseProviders(ProviderSettings settings)
{
log.Debug("Initialising ProviderFactory (currently only supports Functional Services)");
// settings.Classes only returns functional services at the moment, but can easily be extended to other types of services.
foreach (Type type in Classes)
{
log.Debug("Provider class to initialse: " + type.FullName);
try
{
ServiceClassInfo providerClassInfo = new ServiceClassInfo(type, Type.EmptyTypes);
if (!providerClassInfo.HasConstructor())
{
log.Error("The provider class " + type.FullName + " does not have a valid constructor. Must have a public constructor that takes no arguments.");
continue;
}
IFunctionalService provider = providerClassInfo.GetClassInstance() as IFunctionalService;
string providerName = provider.GetServiceName();
log.Info("Adding provider for '" + providerName + "', using provider class '" + provider.GetType().FullName + "'.");
// First add it to the standard request/response dictionary
providerClasses[providerName] = providerClassInfo;
// Add it to dictionary of providers
providers[providerName] = provider;
// Add it to dictionary of background threads
providerThreads[providerName] = new Thread(new ThreadStart(provider.Startup));
// Each thread is essentially a global instance of a service whose responsibility is to maintain the services using timed tasks etc. - it never recieves any REST calls.
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
log.Error("Cannot create Provider Class " + type.FullName + ": " + ex.Message, ex);
}
}
}