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akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/BootableActorLoaderService.scala

@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ trait BootableActorLoaderService extends Bootable with Logging {
 
       URLClassLoader.newInstance(
         allJars.toArray.asInstanceOf[Array[URL]],
-        ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader)
-    } else getClass.getClassLoader)
+        Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader)
+        //parentClassLoader)
+    } else Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader)
   }
 
   abstract override def onLoad = {

akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaCometServlet.scala

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.comet
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.Logging
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.rest.{AkkaServlet => RestServlet}
 
 import java.util.{List => JList}
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig
 import javax.servlet.http.{HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse}
+import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
 
 import org.atmosphere.container.GrizzlyCometSupport
 import org.atmosphere.cpr.{AtmosphereServlet, AtmosphereServletProcessor, AtmosphereResource, AtmosphereResourceEvent,CometSupport,CometSupportResolver,DefaultCometSupportResolver}
 import org.atmosphere.handler.{ReflectorServletProcessor, AbstractReflectorAtmosphereHandler}
 
-class AtmosphereRestServlet extends RestServlet with AtmosphereServletProcessor {
+class AtmosphereRestServlet extends ServletContainer with AtmosphereServletProcessor {
     //Delegate to implement the behavior for AtmosphereHandler
     private val handler = new AbstractReflectorAtmosphereHandler {
       override def onRequest(event: AtmosphereResource[HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse]) {
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class AtmosphereRestServlet extends RestServlet with AtmosphereServletProcessor
 class AkkaServlet extends org.atmosphere.cpr.AtmosphereServlet with Logging {
   lazy val servlet = createRestServlet
 
-  protected def createRestServlet : AtmosphereRestServlet = new AtmosphereRestServlet
+  protected def createRestServlet : AtmosphereRestServlet = new AtmosphereRestServlet {
+    override def getInitParameter(key : String) = AkkaServlet.this.getInitParameter(key)
+  }
   /**
    * We override this to avoid Atmosphere looking for it's atmosphere.xml file
    * Instead we specify what semantics we want in code.

akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaServlet.scala

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
- */
-
-package se.scalablesolutions.akka.rest
-
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.config.Config.config
-import com.sun.jersey.api.core.ResourceConfig
-import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
-import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.WebApplication
-
-/**
- * Akka's servlet to be used when deploying actors exposed as REST services in a standard servlet container,
- * e.g. not using the Akka Kernel.
- *
- * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
- */
-class AkkaServlet extends ServletContainer {
-  import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
-
-  override def initiate(resourceConfig: ResourceConfig, webApplication: WebApplication) = {
-    resourceConfig.getProperties.put(
-       "com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages",
-       config.getList("akka.rest.resource_packages").mkString(";")
-    )
-    resourceConfig.getProperties.put(
-      "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ResourceFilters",
-      config.getList("akka.rest.filters").mkString(","))
-
-    webApplication.initiate(resourceConfig)
-  }
-}

akka-kernel/src/main/scala/EmbeddedAppServer.scala

@@ -5,16 +5,15 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel
 
 import com.sun.grizzly.http.SelectorThread
-import com.sun.grizzly.http.servlet.ServletAdapter
+import com.sun.grizzly.http.servlet.{ ServletAdapter }
 import com.sun.grizzly.standalone.StaticStreamAlgorithm
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder
-import com.sun.jersey.api.core.ResourceConfig
-import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.WebApplication
+import javax.servlet.ServletConfig
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.BootableActorLoaderService
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.{Bootable, Logging}
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.comet.{ AkkaServlet, AtmosphereRestServlet }
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.comet.{ AkkaServlet }
 
 /**
  * Handles the Akka Comet Support (load/unload)
@@ -45,20 +44,30 @@ trait EmbeddedAppServer extends Bootable with Logging {
       val adapter = new ServletAdapter
       adapter.setHandleStaticResources(true)
       adapter.setServletInstance(new AkkaServlet {
-        override def createRestServlet = new AtmosphereRestServlet {
-          override def initiate(resourceConfig: ResourceConfig, webApplication: WebApplication) = {
-            val cl = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
-            try {
-              Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(applicationLoader.get)
-              super.initiate(resourceConfig,webApplication)
-            } finally { 
-              Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(cl)
-            }
-          }
+        override def init(sc : ServletConfig) : Unit = {
+          val cl = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
+          try {
+            Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(applicationLoader.get)
+            super.init(sc)
+           }
+           finally { 
+             Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(cl)
+           }
         }
       })
+
       adapter.setContextPath(uri.getPath)
-      adapter.addInitParameter("cometSupport", "org.atmosphere.container.GrizzlyCometSupport")
+      adapter.addInitParameter("cometSupport", 
+         "org.atmosphere.container.GrizzlyCometSupport")
+      adapter.addInitParameter("com.sun.jersey.config.property.resourceConfigClass",
+        "com.sun.jersey.api.core.PackagesResourceConfig")
+      adapter.addInitParameter("com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages",
+        config.getList("akka.rest.resource_packages").mkString(";")
+      )
+      adapter.addInitParameter("com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ResourceFilters",
+	    config.getList("akka.rest.filters").mkString(",")
+      )
+
       if (HOME.isDefined) adapter.addRootFolder(HOME.get + "/deploy/root")
       log.info("REST service root path [%s] and context path [%s]", adapter.getRootFolders, adapter.getContextPath)
 

config/akka-reference.conf

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <log>
   filename = "./logs/akka.log"
   roll = "daily"  # Options: never, hourly, daily, sunday/monday/...
-  level = "trace" # Options: fatal, critical, error, warning, info, debug, trace
+  level = "DEBUG" # Options: fatal, critical, error, warning, info, debug, trace
   console = on
   # syslog_host = ""
   # syslog_server_name = ""

project/build/AkkaProject.scala

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     " dist/akka-jta_%s-%s.jar".format(buildScalaVersion, version)
     )
 
+  //Exclude slf4j1.5.11 from the classpath, it's conflicting...
+  override def runClasspath = super.runClasspath --- (super.runClasspath ** "slf4j*1.5.11.jar")
+
   // ------------------------------------------------------------
   // publishing
   override def managedStyle = ManagedStyle.Maven