// Bean Wiring. (First bean invoked)
<bean id="narPingTool" class="com.nuance.ndm.ou.util.NARPingTool"/>


package com.nuance.ndm.ou.util;

public class NARPingTool {

   protected final org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger = org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog( getClass() );

   private boolean PAUSE_LOAD = true;

   private static final long DEFAULT_SLEEP_TIME = 5000;
   private static final int MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;

   public NARPingTool() {
      logger.info( "Starting up NARPingTool..." );
      int count = 0;
      while( PAUSE_LOAD ) {
         if( count <= MAX_ATTEMPTS ) {
            logger.info( "Sleeping...." + DEFAULT_SLEEP_TIME + " - Iterastion [" + count + "]");
            try {
               checkNARserverForReponse();
               Thread.sleep( DEFAULT_SLEEP_TIME );
               count++;
            } catch ( InterruptedException e ) {
               logger.error( "Thread was interrupted... - " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
            }
            logger.info( "Waking...." );
         } else {
            PAUSE_LOAD = false;
         }
      }
      logger.info( "Done." );
   }

   private boolean checkNARserverForReponse() {
      // pseudo code only.
      boolean started = false;
      if( started ) {
         return true;
      } else {
         return false;
      }
   }
}