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base/src/org/adempiere/util/EmbeddedServerProxy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Low Heng Sin                                            *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Idalica Corporation                                     *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it    *
+ * under the terms version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published   *
+ * by the Free Software Foundation. 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,    *
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.                     *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+package org.adempiere.util;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.compiere.session.ServerBean;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author hengsin
+ *
+ */
+public class EmbeddedServerProxy implements InvocationHandler {
+
+	private ServerBean server = new ServerBean();
+
+	public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
+			throws Throwable {
+		Method m = ServerBean.class.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+		return m.invoke(server, args);
+	}
+
+}

base/src/org/compiere/db/CConnection.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.compiere.db;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
 import org.adempiere.as.ASFactory;
+import org.adempiere.util.EmbeddedServerProxy;
 import org.compiere.Adempiere;
 import org.compiere.interfaces.Server;
 import org.compiere.interfaces.Status;
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ public class CConnection implements Serializable, Cloneable
 	/** Prefer component namespace when running at server **/
 	private boolean useComponentNamespace = !Ini.isClient();
 
+	/** System property flag to embed server bean in process **/
+	public final static String SERVER_EMBEDDED = "org.adempiere.server.embedded";
+
 	/**
 	 *  Get/Set default client/server Connection
 	 *  @return Connection Descriptor
@@ -357,6 +362,9 @@ public class CConnection implements Serializable, Cloneable
 	 */
 	public boolean isAppsServerOK (boolean tryContactAgain)
 	{
+		if (isServerEmbedded())
+			return true;
+
 		if (Ini.isClient() && !tryContactAgain && m_queryAppsServer)
 			return m_okApps;
 
@@ -419,6 +427,13 @@ public class CConnection implements Serializable, Cloneable
 		//only cache ServerHome for client
 		if (m_server == null || !Ini.isClient())
 		{
+			if (isServerEmbedded())
+			{
+				m_server = (Server)Proxy.newProxyInstance(Server.class.getClassLoader(),
+						new Class[]{Server.class}, new EmbeddedServerProxy());
+				return m_server;
+			}
+
 			try
 			{
 				Server server = (Server)lookup (Server.JNDI_NAME);
@@ -1585,6 +1600,13 @@ public class CConnection implements Serializable, Cloneable
 		return "<?" + transactionIsolation + "?>";
 	}	//	getTransactionIsolationInfo
 
+	/**
+	 * @return true if server is embedded in process
+	 */
+	public static boolean isServerEmbedded() {
+		return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty(SERVER_EMBEDDED));
+	}
+
 	public void setAppServerCredential(String principal, String credential)
 	{
 		SecurityPrincipal sp = new SecurityPrincipal();