logger.debug("Starting up the appliction context ...");
actx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(ctx);
actx.registerShutdownHook();
dempsy = (Dempsy)actx.getBean("dempsy");
dempsy.start();
final FullApplication app = (FullApplication)actx.getBean("app");
// this checks that the throughput works.
assertTrue(poll(baseTimeoutMillis * 5, app, new Condition<Object>()