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Attributes

The various attributes used throughout the configuration file are defined as follows:

retries=NUMBER

Specifies the NUMBER of times to try a request against an application (trying several instances) before returning an error.

scheduler=["random"|"roundrobin"|"loadaverage"]

Specifies which load balancing algorithm to use to select an application instance

dormant=NUMBER

If an instance doesn't respond, do not try to contact it for this many subsequent requests

protocol="http"

The RPC protocol to use to the application. Currently only HTTP is supported.

transport=["socket"|"fsocket"|"winsock"|"nssocket"]

The socket API used to contact an instance. "socket" indicates simple, cross platform, unbuffered sockets. "fsocket" specifies sockets buffered using fopen(), fread(), fwrite() & such (valid on Unix only). "winsock" specifies Win32 socket API (valid on NT only). "nssocket" indicates Netscape's NSAPI socket API (NSAPI only).

redir=URL

If an error occurs during request processing, return a redirect (302) HTTP response with URL as the location

xyzzy=STRING

Return a page reporting some adaptor details when a request for this application arrives

confinterval=NUMBER

How often, in seconds, the adaptor should check to see if the configuration has changed

timeout=NUMBER

Default for sendTimeout, recvTimeout and cnctTimeout

sendTimeout=NUMBER

Timeout, in seconds, before reporting a failed send() to an instance

recvTimeout=NUMBER

Timeout, in seconds, before reporting a failed recv() from an instance

cnctTimeout=NUMBER

Timeout, in seconds, before reporting a failed connect() to an instance

poolSize=NUMBER

NUMBER of persistent connections to maintain with an instance

sendBufSize=NUMBER

Size of the TCP/IP socket send buffer (in bytes) that's used for adaptor-to-web-app communication

recvBufSize=NUMBER

Size of the TCP/IP socket receive buffer (in bytes) that's used for adaptor-to-web-app communication

urlVersion=["3"|"3.5"|"4"]

The WebObjects version to use for URL parsing and formatting