/**
* Factory method to create a new container instance.
*
* @param \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Interfaces\ApplicationServerInterface $applicationServer The application instance to register the class loader with
* @param \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\Node\ContainerNodeInterface $configuration The class loader configuration
* @param integer $runlevel The runlevel the container has been started in
*
* @return void
*/
public static function factory(ApplicationServerInterface $applicationServer, ContainerNodeInterface $configuration, $runlevel = ApplicationServerInterface::NETWORK)
{
// create a new reflection class instance
$reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($configuration->getType());
// initialize the container configuration with the base directory and pass it to the thread
$params = array($applicationServer->getInitialContext(), $applicationServer->getNamingDirectory(), $configuration, $applicationServer->runlevelToString($runlevel));
// create, initialize and return the container instance
return $reflectionClass->newInstanceArgs($params);
}