JRuby + CXF

Context.java

package com.vetstreet;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

/**
 * If we pull this JAR in via JRuby, we don't get the sexy OSGI Blueprint magic, so let's 
 * boot the context and provide accessors. Make it a singleton so we don't go blasting out contexts.
 * @author jcalvert
 *
 */
public class Context {

	private static Context context; 
	
	private BeanFactory factory;
	
	private Context()
	{
		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext appContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] {"META-INF/spring/beans.xml"});
		this.factory = (BeanFactory) appContext;
	}
	
	public static Context getInstance()
	{
		if(context == null)
		{
			context = new Context();
		}
		return context;
	}
	
	//Hide the fact that it's spring...
	public Object getBean(String beanName)
	{
		return factory.getBean(beanName);
	}
	
}

irb_snippet.rb

require 'java'
require './lib/my-deps.jar'
require './lib/my.jar'

context = com.vetstreet.Context.instance #Takes a moment as it loads up everything
 => Java::ComVetstreet::Context  
registration_dao = context.get_bean "registrationDao"
 => #<Java::ComVetstreetDao::RegistrationDao:0x16315e08> 
reg_hash = {'first_name' => "Foo", 'last_name' => "bar" ... }
registration_dao.register_user_with_map reg_hash
 => "my external system key"