Server configuration: Connections element

In a config.xmlserver configuration file, the <Connections> element contains configuration properties for connections used to access the Rules Service. This element has <Connection>,  <RulesServices>,  <RulesService>,  <UsedIn>,and <Service> child elements.

Example

<Connections>
   <Connection name="myconnection" application="TRAVEL" sessionName="myconnection" sessionTimeout="600">
      <RulesServices>
         <RulesService host="localhost" port="9997"/>
         <RulesService host="localhost" port="9998"/>
      </RulesServices>
   </Connection>
   <Connection name="customconnection" application="TRAVEL" sessionName="myconnection" sessionTimeout="600">
      <RulesServices>
         <RulesService host="localhost" port="9997"/>
      </RulesServices>
      <UsedIn>
         <Service name="mycustomservice"/>
      </UsedIn>
   </Connection>
</Connections>

Connections element

Child elements

The following table describes child elements for the <Connections> element:

Name	Required	Description
Connection	No	Contains configuration properties for a connection used to access the Rules Service.

Attributes

none

Connection element

Child elements

The following table describes child elements for the <Connection> element:

Name	Required	Description
RulesServices	No	Contains configuration properties for all Rules Services used in a connection.
UsedIn	No	Contains a collection of services that are using this connection. If this element does not exists, the information defined at development time (in Service Definer) is used.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the <Connection> element:

Name	Required	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	The name of a connection.
application	Yes	String	The USoft application name as defined in Authorizer.
sessionName	Yes	String	The session name that a connection uses.
sessionTimeout	Yes	Integer	The session timeout in seconds.

RulesServices element

Child elements

The following table describes child elements for the <RulesServices> element:

Name	Required	Description
RulesService	No	Contains configuration properties for a Rules Services used in a connection.

Attributes

none

RulesService element

Child elements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the <RulesService> element:

Name	Required	Type	Description
host	Yes	String	The name of the system that is hosting the Rules Service
port	Yes	Integer	The port number that the Rules Service is using to listen for requests.

UsedIn element

Child elements

The following table describes child elements for the <UsedIn> element:

Name	Required	Description
Service	No	One of the services that are using this connection.

Attributes

none

Service element

Child elements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the <Service> element:

Name	Required	Description
name	Yes	The name of a Service, as defined in the Service element.