public IReportEngine getObject()  {
                final EngineConfig config = new EngineConfig();
                //This line injects the Spring Context into the BIRT Context
                config.getAppContext().put("spring", this.context );
                config.setBIRTHome("");
                config.setLogConfig( null != this._resolvedDirectory ? this._resolvedDirectory.getAbsolutePath() : null  , this.logLevel);
                
                try {
                        Platform.startup( config );
                }
                catch ( BirtException e ) {
                        throw new RuntimeException ( "Could not start the Birt engine!", e) ;
                }
                
                IReportEngineFactory factory = (IReportEngineFactory) Platform.createFactoryObject( IReportEngineFactory.EXTENSION_REPORT_ENGINE_FACTORY );
                IReportEngine engine = factory.createReportEngine( config );
                engine.changeLogLevel(Level.FINEST);
                this.birtEngine = engine ;
                return engine;
        }