    """URLParser

    URL parsing is done through objects which are subclasses of the `URLParser`
    class. `Application` delegates most of the URL parsing to these objects.

    Application has a single "root" URL parser, which is used to parse all URLs.
    This parser then can pass the request on to other parsers, usually taking off
    parts of the URL with each step.

    This root parser is generally `ContextParser`, which is instantiated and set
    up by `Application` (accessible through `Application.rootURLParser`).

    """

    import re, os, sys

    from HTTPExceptions import HTTPNotFound, HTTPMovedPermanently
    from MiscUtils.ParamFactory import ParamFactory
    from WebUtils.Funcs import urlDecode

    debug = 0

    try: # for Python < 2.1
        from warnings import warn
    except ImportError:
        def warn(message, **args):
            print message

    # Legal characters for use in a module name -- used when turning
    # an entire path into a module name.
    _moduleNameRE = re.compile('[^a-zA-Z_]')

    _globalApplication = None

    def application():
        """Returns the global Application."""
        return _globalApplication

    class URLParser:
        """URLParser is the base class for all URL parsers.

        Though its functionality is sparse, it may be expanded in the future.
        Subclasses should implement a `parse` method, and may also want to
        implement an `__init__` method with arguments that control how the
        parser works (for instance, passing a starting path for the parser)

        The `parse` method is where most of the work is done. It takes two
        arguments -- the transaction and the portion of the URL that is still to
        be parsed. The transaction may (and usually is) modified along the way.
        The URL is passed through so that you can take pieces off the front,
        and then pass the reduced URL to another parser. The method should return
        a servlet (never None).

        If you cannot find a servlet, or some other (somewhat) expected error
        occurs, you should raise an exception. HTTPNotFound probably being the
        most interesting.

        """

        def __init__(self):
            pass

        def findServletForTransaction(self, trans):
            """Returns a servlet for the transaction.

            This is the top-level entry point, below it `parse` is used.

            """
            return self.parse(trans, trans.request().urlPath())

    class ContextParser(URLParser):
        """Find the context of a request.

        ContextParser uses the ``Application.config`` context settings to find
        the context of the request.  It then passes the request to a FileParser
        rooted in the context path.

        The context is the first element of the URL, or if no context matches
        that then it is the ``default`` context (and the entire URL is passed
        to the default context's FileParser).

        There is generally only one ContextParser, which can be found as
        ``application.rootURLParser()``.

        """

        ## Init ##

        def __init__(self, app):
            """Create ContextParser.

            ContextParser is usually created by Application, which
            passes all requests to it.

            In __init__ we take the ``Contexts`` setting from
            Application.config and parse it slightly.

            """
            URLParser.__init__(self)
            # Need to set this here because we need for initialization, during
            # which AppServer.globalAppServer.application() doesn't yet exist:
            self._app = app
            self._imp = app._imp
            # self._context will be a dictionary of context names and context
            # directories.  It is set by `addContext`.
            self._contexts = {}
            # add all contexts except the default, which we save until the end
            contexts = app.setting('Contexts')
            defaultContext = ''
            for name, dir in contexts.items():
                dir = os.path.normpath(dir) # for Windows
                if name == 'default':
                    defaultContext = dir
                else:
                    name = '/'.join(filter(lambda x: x, name.split('/')))
                    self.addContext(name, dir)
            if not defaultContext:
                # If no default context has been specified, and there is a unique
                # context not built into Webware, use it as the default context.
                for name in contexts.keys():
                    if name.endswith('/Docs') or name in (
                        'Admin', 'Docs', 'Examples',  'MKBrowser', 'Testing'):
                        continue
                    if defaultContext:
                        defaultContext = None
                        break
                    else:
                        defaultContext = name
                if not defaultContext:
                    # otherwise, try using the following contexts if available
                    for defaultContext in ('Default', 'Examples', 'Docs'):
                        if contexts.has_key(defaultContext):
                            break
                    else: # if not available, refuse the tempatation to guess
                        raise KeyError, "No default context has been specified."
            if self._contexts.has_key(defaultContext):
                self._defaultContext = defaultContext
            else:
                for name, dir in self._contexts.items():
                    if defaultContext == dir:
                        self._defaultContext = name
                        break
                else:
                    self.addContext('default', defaultContext)
                    self._defaultContext = 'default'

        ## Context handling ##

        def resolveDefaultContext(self, name, dest):
            """Find default context.

            Figure out if the default context refers to an existing context,
            the same directory as an existing context, or a unique directory.

            Returns the name of the context that the default context refers to,
            or 'default' if the default context is unique.

            """
            contexts = self._contexts
            contextDirs = {}
            # make a list of existing context paths
            for name, path in contexts.items():
                if name != 'default':
                    contextDirs[self.absContextPath(path)] = name
            if contexts.has_key(dest):
                # The default context refers to another context,
                # not a unique context.  Return the name of that context.
                return dest
            elif contextDirs.has_key(self.absContextPath(dest)):
                # The default context has the same directory
                # as another context, so it's still not unique
                return contextDirs[self.absContextPath(dest)]
            else:
                # The default context has no other name
                return 'default'

        def addContext(self, name, dir):
            """Add a context to the system.

            The context will be imported as a package, going by `name`,
            from the given directory. The directory doesn't have to match
            the context name.

            """
            if name == 'default':
                dest = self.resolveDefaultContext(name, dir)
                self._defaultContext = dest
                if dest != 'default':
                    # in this case default refers to an existing context, so
                    # there's not much to do
                    print 'Default context aliases to: %s' % (dest)
                    return

            e = None
            try:
                importAsName = name
                localDir, packageName = os.path.split(dir)
                if sys.modules.has_key(importAsName):
                    mod = sys.modules[importAsName]
                else:
                    try:
                        res = self._imp.find_module(packageName, [localDir])
                        if not res:
                            raise ImportError
                    except ImportError, e:
                        if not str(e):
                            e = 'Could not import package'
                        # Maybe this happened because it had been forgotten
                        # to add the __init__.py file. So we try to create one:
                        if os.path.exists(dir):
                            f = os.path.join(dir, '__init__.py')
                            if not os.path.exists(f):
                                print 'Creating ' \
                                    '__init__.py file for context:', name
                                try:
                                    open(f, 'w').write(
                                        '# Auto-generated by WebKit' + os.linesep)
                                except Exception:
                                    print 'Error: ' \
                                        '__init__.py file could not be created.'
                                else:
                                    res = self._imp.find_module(packageName,
                                        [localDir])
                                    if res:
                                        e = None
                        if e:
                            raise
                    mod = self._imp.load_module(name, *res)
            except (ImportError, TypeError), e:
                # TypeError can be raised by imp.load_module()
                # when the context path does not exist
                pass
            if e:
                print 'Error loading context: %s: %s: dir=%s' % (name, e, dir)
                return

            if hasattr(mod, 'contextInitialize'):
                # @@ gat 2003-07-23: switched back to old method
                # of passing application as first parameter
                # to contextInitialize for backward compatibility
                result = mod.contextInitialize(application(),
                    os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), dir)))
                # @@: funny hack...?
                if result is not None and result.has_key('ContentLocation'):
                    dir = result['ContentLocation']

            print 'Loading context: %s at %s' % (name, dir)
            self._contexts[name] = dir

        def absContextPath(self, path):
            """Get absolute context path.

            Resolves relative paths, which are assumed to be relative to the
            Application's serverSidePath (the working directory).

            """
            if os.path.isabs(path):
                return path
            else:
                return self._app.serverSidePath(path)

        ## Parsing ##

        def parse(self, trans, requestPath):
            """Parse request.

            Get the context name, and dispatch to a FileParser rooted
            in the context's path.

            The context name and file path are stored in the request (accessible
            through `Request.serverSidePath` and `Request.contextName`).

            """
            # This is a hack... should probably go in the Transaction class:
            trans._fileParserInitSeen = {}
            # If there is no path, redirect to the root path:
            req = trans.request()
            if not requestPath:
                p = req.servletPath() + '/'
                q = req.queryString()
                if q:
                    p += "?" + q
                raise HTTPMovedPermanently(location=p)
            # Determine the context name:
            if req._absolutepath:
                contextName = self._defaultContext
            else:
                context = filter(None, requestPath.split('/'))
                if requestPath.endswith('/'):
                    context.append('')
                parts = []
                while context:
                    contextName = '/'.join(context)
                    if self._contexts.has_key(contextName):
                        break
                    parts.insert(0, context.pop())
                if context:
                    if parts:
                        parts.insert(0, '')
                        requestPath = '/'.join(parts)
                    else:
                        requestPath = ''
                else:
                    contextName = self._defaultContext
            context = self._contexts[contextName]
            req._serverSideContextPath = context
            req._contextName = contextName
            fpp = FileParser(context)
            return fpp.parse(trans, requestPath)

    class _FileParser(URLParser):
        """Parse requests to the filesystem.

        FileParser dispatches to servlets in the filesystem, as well as providing
        hooks to override the FileParser.

        FileParser objects are threadsafe. A factory function is used to cache
        FileParser instances, so for any one path only a single FileParser instance
        will exist.  The `_FileParser` class is the real class, and `FileParser` is
        a factory that either returns an existant _FileParser object, or creates a
        new one if none exists.

        FileParser uses several settings from ``Application.config``, which are
        persistent over the life of the application. These are set up in the
        function `initApp`, as class variables. They cannot be set when the module
        is loaded, because the Application is not yet set up, so `initApp` is
        called in `Application.__init__`.

        """

        ## Init ##

        def __init__(self, path):
            """Create a FileParser.

            Each parsed directory has a FileParser instance associated with it
            (``self._path``).

            """
            URLParser.__init__(self)
            self._path = path
            self._initModule = None

        ## Parsing ##

        def parse(self, trans, requestPath):
            """Return the servlet.

            __init__ files will be used for various hooks
            (see `parseInit` for more).

            If the next part of the URL is a directory, it calls
            ``FileParser(dirPath).parse(trans, restOfPath)`` where ``restOfPath``
            is `requestPath` with the first section of the path removed (the part
            of the path that this FileParser just handled).

            This uses `fileNamesForBaseName` to find files in its directory.
            That function has several functions to define what files are ignored,
            hidden, etc.  See its documentation for more information.

            """
            if debug:
                print "FP(%r) parses %r" % (self._path, requestPath)

            req = trans.request()

            if req._absolutepath:
                name = req._fsPath
                restPart = req._pathInfo

            else:
                # First decode the URL, since we are dealing with filenames here:
                requestPath = urlDecode(requestPath)

                result = self.parseInit(trans, requestPath)
                if result is not None:
                    return result

                assert not requestPath or requestPath.startswith('/'), \
                    "Not what I expected: %s" % repr(requestPath)
                if not requestPath or requestPath == '/':
                    return self.parseIndex(trans, requestPath)

                parts = requestPath[1:].split('/', 1)

                nextPart = parts[0]
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    restPart = '/' + parts[1]
                else:
                    restPart = ''

                baseName = os.path.join(self._path, nextPart)
                if restPart and not self._extraPathInfo:
                    names = [baseName]
                else:
                    names = self.filenamesForBaseName(baseName)

                if len(names) > 1:
                    warn("More than one file matches %s in %s: %s"
                        % (requestPath, self._path, names))
                    raise HTTPNotFound # @@: add info
                elif not names:
                    return self.parseIndex(trans, requestPath)

                name = names[0]
                if os.path.isdir(name):
                    # directories are dispatched to FileParsers
                    # rooted in that directory
                    fpp = FileParser(name)
                    return fpp.parse(trans, restPart)

                if restPart and not self._extraPathInfo:
                    raise HTTPNotFound

            req._serverSidePath = name
            req._extraURLPath = restPart
            return ServletFactoryManager.servletForFile(trans, name)

        def filenamesForBaseName(self, baseName):
            """Find all files for a given base name.

            Given a path, like ``/a/b/c``, searches for files in ``/a/b``
            that start with ``c``.  The final name may include an extension,
            which is less ambiguous; though if you ask for file.html,
            and file.html.py exists, that file will be returned.

            If more than one file is returned for the basename, you'll
            get a 404.

            Some settings are used to control this.  All settings are
            in ``Application.config``:

            FilesToHide:
                These files will be ignored, and even given a full
                extension will not be used.  Takes a glob.
            FilesToServe:
                If set, *only* files matching these globs will be
                served, all other files will be ignored.
            ExtensionsToIgnore:
                Files with these extensions will be ignored, but if a
                complete filename (with extension) is given the file
                *will* be served (unlike FilesToHide).  Extensions are
                in the form ``".py"``
            ExtensionsToServe:
                If set, only files with these extensions will be
                served.  Like FilesToServe, only doesn't use globs.
            UseCascadingExtensions:
                If true, then extensions will be prioritized.  So if
                extension ``.tmpl`` shows up in ExtensionCascadeOrder
                before ``.html``, then even if filenames with both
                extensions exist, only the .tmpl file will be returned.
            ExtensionCascadeOrder:
                A list of extensions, ordered by priority.

            """
            if baseName.find('*') != -1:
                return []

            fileStart = os.path.basename(baseName)
            dir = os.path.dirname(baseName)
            filenames = []
            dirnames = []
            for filename in os.listdir(dir):
                if filename.startswith('.'):
                    continue
                elif filename == fileStart:
                    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, filename)):
                        dirnames.append(os.path.join(dir, filename))
                    else:
                        filenames.append(os.path.join(dir, filename))
                elif filename.startswith(fileStart) \
                        and os.path.splitext(filename)[0] == fileStart:
                    filenames.append(os.path.join(dir, filename))
            good = dirnames

            # Here's where all the settings (except cascading) come into play --
            # we filter the possible files based on settings here:
            for filename in filenames:
                ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]
                shortFilename = os.path.basename(filename)
                if ext in self._toIgnore and filename != baseName:
                    continue
                if self._toServe and ext not in self._toServe:
                    continue
                shouldServe = 1
                for regex in self._filesToHideRegexes:
                    if regex.match(shortFilename):
                        shouldServe = 0
                        break
                if not shouldServe:
                    continue
                if self._filesToServeRegexes:
                    shouldServe = 0
                    for regex in self._filesToServeRegexes:
                        if regex.match(shortFilename):
                            shouldServe = 1
                            break
                    if not shouldServe:
                        continue
                good.append(filename)

            if self._useCascading and len(good) > 1:
                actualExtension = os.path.splitext(baseName)[1]
                for extension in self._cascadeOrder:
                    if baseName + extension in good \
                            or extension == actualExtension:
                        return [baseName + extension]

            return good

        def parseIndex(self, trans, requestPath):
            """Return index servlet.

            Return the servlet for a directory index (i.e., ``Main`` or
            ``index``).  When `parse` encounters a directory and there's nothing
            left in the URL, or when there is something left and no file matches
            it, then it will try `parseIndex` to see if there's an index file.

            That means that if ``/a/b/c`` is requested, and in ``/a`` there's no
            file or directory matching ``b``, then it'll look for an index file
            (like ``Main.py``), and that servlet will be returned. In fact, if
            no ``a`` was found, and the default context had an index (like
            ``index.html``) then that would be called with ``/a/b/c`` as
            `HTTPRequest.extraURLPath`.  If you don't want that to occur, you
            should raise an HTTPNotFound in your no-extra-url-path-taking servlets.

            The directory names are based off the ``Application.config`` setting
            ``DirectoryFile``, which is a list of base names, by default
            ``["Main", "index", "main", "Index"]``, which are searched in order.
            A file with any extension is allowed, so the index can be an HTML file,
            a PSP file, a Kid template, a Python servlet, etc.

            """
            req = trans.request()
            # If requestPath is empty, then we're missing the trailing slash:
            if not requestPath:
                p = req.serverURL() + '/'
                q = req.queryString()
                if q:
                    p += "?" + q
                raise HTTPMovedPermanently(location=p)
            if requestPath == '/':
                requestPath = ''
            for directoryFile in self._directoryFile:
                basename = os.path.join(self._path, directoryFile)
                names = self.filenamesForBaseName(basename)
                if len(names) > 1 and self._useCascading:
                    for ext in self._cascadeOrder:
                        if basename + ext in names:
                            names = [basename + ext]
                            break
                if len(names) > 1:
                    warn("More than one file matches the index file %s in %s: %s"
                        % (directoryFile, self._path, names))
                    raise HTTPNotFound
                if names:
                    if requestPath and not self._extraPathInfo:
                        raise HTTPNotFound
                    req._serverSidePath = names[0]
                    req._extraURLPath = requestPath
                    return ServletFactoryManager.servletForFile(trans, names[0])
            raise HTTPNotFound # @@: add correct information here

        def initModule(self):
            """Get the __init__ module object for this FileParser's directory."""
            path = self._path
            # if this directory is a context, return the context package
            for context, dir in self._app.contexts().items():
                if dir == path:
                    # avoid reloading of the context package
                    return sys.modules[context]
            name = 'WebKit_Cache_' + _moduleNameRE.sub('_', path)
            try:
                file, path, desc = self._imp.find_module('__init__', [path])
                module = self._imp.load_module(name, file, path, desc)
                return module
            except (ImportError, TypeError):
                pass

        def parseInit(self, trans, requestPath):
            """Parse the __init_ file.

            Returns the resulting servlet, or None if no __init__ hooks were found.

            Hooks are put in by defining special functions or objects in your
            __init__, with specific names:

            `urlTransactionHook`:
                A function that takes one argument (the transaction).
                The return value from the function is ignored.  You
                can modify the transaction with this function, though.

            `urlRedirect`:
                A dictionary.  Keys in the dictionary are source
                URLs, the value is the path to redirect to, or a
                `URLParser` object to which the transaction should
                be delegated.

                For example, if the URL is ``/a/b/c``, and we've already
                parsed ``/a`` and are looking for ``b/c``, and we fine
                `urlRedirect`` in a.__init__, then we'll look for a key
                ``b`` in the dictionary.  The value will be a directory
                we should continue to (say, ``/destpath/``).  We'll
                then look for ``c`` in ``destpath``.

                If a key '' (empty string) is in the dictionary, then
                if no more specific key is found all requests will
                be redirected to that path.

                Instead of a string giving a path to redirect to, you
                can also give a URLParser object, so that some portions
                of the path are delegated to different parsers.

                If no matching key is found, and there is no '' key,
                then parsing goes on as usual.

            `SubParser`:
                This should be a class object.  It will be instantiated,
                and then `parse` will be called with it, delegating to
                this instance.  When instantiated, it will be passed
                *this* FileParser instance; the parser can use this to
                return control back to the FileParser after doing whatever
                it wants to do.

                You may want to use a line like this to handle the names::

                    from ParserX import ParserX as SubParser

            `urlParser`:
                This should be an already instantiated URLParser-like
                object.  `parse(trans, requestPath)` will be called
                on this instance.

            `urlParserHook`:
                Like `urlParser`, except the method
                `parseHook(trans, requestPath, fileParser)` will
                be called, where fileParser is this FileParser instance.

            `urlJoins`:
                Either a single path, or a list of paths.  You can also
                use URLParser objects, like with `urlRedirect`.

                Each of these paths (or parsers) will be tried in
                order.  If it raises HTTPNotFound, then the next path
                will be tried, ending with the current path.

                Paths are relative to the current directory.  If you
                don't want the current directory to be a last resort,
                you can include '.' in the joins.

            """
            if self._initModule is None:
                self._initModule = self.initModule()
            mod = self._initModule

            seen = trans._fileParserInitSeen.setdefault(self._path, {})

            if not seen.has_key('urlTransactionHook') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'urlTransactionHook'):
                seen['urlTransactionHook'] = 1
                mod.urlTransactionHook(trans)

            if not seen.has_key('urlRedirect') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'urlRedirect'):
                # @@: do we need this shortcircuit?
                seen['urlRedirect'] = 1
                try:
                    nextPart, restPath = requestPath[1:].split('/', 1)
                    restPath = '/' + restPath
                except ValueError:
                    nextPart = requestPath[1:]
                    restPath = ''
                if mod.urlRedirect.has_key(nextPart):
                    redirTo = mod.urlRedirect[nextPart]
                    redirPath = restPath
                elif mod.urlRedirect.has_key(''):
                    redirTo = mod.urlRedirect['']
                    redirPath = restPath
                else:
                    redirTo = None
                if redirTo:
                    if type(redirTo) is type(""):
                        fpp = FileParser(os.path.join(self._path, redirTo))
                    else:
                        fpp = redirTo
                    return fpp.parse(trans, redirPath)

            if not seen.has_key('SubParser') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'SubParser'):
                seen['SubParser'] = 1
                pp = mod.SubParser(self)
                return pp.parse(trans, requestPath)

            if not seen.has_key('urlParser') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'urlParser'):
                seen['urlParser'] = 1
                pp = mod.urlParser
                return pp.parse(trans, requestPath)

            if not seen.has_key('urlParserHook') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'urlParserHook'):
                seen['urlParserHook'] = 1
                pp = mod.urlParserHook
                return pp.parseHook(trans, requestPath, self)

            if not seen.has_key('urlJoins') \
                    and hasattr(mod, 'urlJoins'):
                seen['urlJoins'] = 1
                joinPath = mod.urlJoins
                if type(joinPath) is type(""):
                    joinPath = [joinPath]
                for path in joinPath:
                    path = os.path.join(self._path, path)
                    if type(path) is type(""):
                        parser = FileParser(os.path.join(self._path, path))
                    else:
                        parser = path
                    try:
                        return parser.parse(trans, requestPath)
                    except HTTPNotFound:
                        pass

            return None

    FileParser = ParamFactory(_FileParser)

    class URLParameterParser(URLParser):
        """Strips named parameters out of the URL.

        E.g. in ``/path/SID=123/etc`` the ``SID=123`` will be removed from the URL,
        and a field will be set in the request (so long as no field by that name
        already exists -- if a field does exist the variable is thrown away).
        These are put in the place of GET or POST variables.

        It should be put in an __init__, like::

            from WebKit.URLParser import URLParameterParser
            urlParserHook = URLParameterParser()

        Or (slightly less efficient):

            from WebKit.URLParser import URLParameterParser as SubParser

        """

        ## Init ##

        def __init__(self, fileParser=None):
            self._fileParser = fileParser

        ## Parsing ##

        def parse(self, trans, requestPath):
            """Delegates to `parseHook`."""
            return self.parseHook(trans, requestPath, self._fileParser)

        def parseHook(self, trans, requestPath, hook):
            """Munges the path.

            The `hook` is the FileParser object that originally called this --
            we just want to strip stuff out of the URL and then give it back to
            the FileParser instance, which can actually find the servlet.

            """
            parts = requestPath.split('/')
            result = []
            req = trans.request()
            for part in parts:
                if part.find('=') != -1:
                    name, value = part.split('=', 1)
                    if not req.hasField(name):
                        req.setField(name, value)
                else:
                    result.append(part)
            return hook.parse(trans, '/'.join(result))

    class ServletFactoryManagerClass:
        """Manage servlet factories.

        This singleton (called `ServletFactoryManager`) collects and manages
        all the servlet factories that are installed.

        See `addServletFactory` for adding new factories, and `servletForFile`
        for getting the factories back.

        """

        ## Init ##

        def __init__(self):
            self.reset()

        def reset(self):
            self._factories = []
            self._factoryExtensions = {}

        ## Manager ##

        def addServletFactory(self, factory):
            """Add a new servlet factory.

            Servlet factories can add themselves with::

                ServletFactoryManager.addServletFactory(factory)

            The factory must have an `extensions` method, which should
            return a list of extensions that the factory handles (like
            ``['.ht']``).  The special extension ``.*`` will match any
            file if no other factory is found.  See `ServletFactory`
            for more information.

            """

            self._factories.append(factory)
            for ext in factory.extensions():
                assert not self._factoryExtensions.has_key(ext), \
                    "Extension %s for factory %s was already used by factory %s" \
                    % (repr(ext), factory.__name__,
                        self._factoryExtensions[ext].__name__)
                self._factoryExtensions[ext] = factory

        def factoryForFile(self, path):
            """Get a factory for a filename."""
            ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1]
            if self._factoryExtensions.has_key(ext):
                return self._factoryExtensions[ext]
            if self._factoryExtensions.has_key('.*'):
                return self._factoryExtensions['.*']
            raise HTTPNotFound

        def servletForFile(self, trans, path):
            """Get a servlet for a filename and transaction.

            Uses `factoryForFile` to find the factory, which
            creates the servlet.

            """
            factory = self.factoryForFile(path)
            return factory.servletForTransaction(trans)

    ServletFactoryManager = ServletFactoryManagerClass()

    ## Global Init ##

    def initApp(app):
        """Initialize the application.

        Installs the proper servlet factories, and gets some settings from
        Application.config. Also saves the application in _globalApplication
        for future calls to the application() function.

        This needs to be called before any of the URLParser-derived classes
        are instantiated.

        """
        global _globalApplication
        _globalApplication = app
        from UnknownFileTypeServlet import UnknownFileTypeServletFactory
        from ServletFactory import PythonServletFactory

        ServletFactoryManager.reset()
        for factory in [UnknownFileTypeServletFactory, PythonServletFactory]:
            ServletFactoryManager.addServletFactory(factory(app))

        initParser(app)

    def initParser(app):
        """Initialize the FileParser Class."""
        cls = _FileParser
        cls._app = app
        cls._imp = app._imp
        cls._contexts = app.contexts
        cls._filesToHideRegexes = []
        cls._filesToServeRegexes = []
        from fnmatch import translate as fnTranslate
        for pattern in app.setting('FilesToHide'):
            cls._filesToHideRegexes.append(re.compile(fnTranslate(pattern)))
        for pattern in app.setting('FilesToServe'):
            cls._filesToServeRegexes.append(re.compile(fnTranslate(pattern)))
        cls._toIgnore = app.setting('ExtensionsToIgnore')
        cls._toServe = app.setting('ExtensionsToServe')
        cls._useCascading = app.setting('UseCascadingExtensions')
        cls._cascadeOrder = app.setting('ExtensionCascadeOrder')
        cls._directoryFile = app.setting('DirectoryFile')
        cls._extraPathInfo = app.setting('ExtraPathInfo')