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Initialization Options Reference

This refers to the properties which are made available to the spine framework at initialization. The properties defined in the spine-init.xml file contain all the initialization properties required by the framework as well as user defined properties.A brief explanation of some of these properties are give below:

logFile	The path to the log4j configuration file which will determine the format for error messages.This can either be a java properties file or an xml file.
watchTime	The refresh time in milliseconds to check the log4j file for changes.
configFile	The path to the spine configuration file, usually spine.xml.
roleConfigFile	The path to the default roles file. This may be replaced by a database or ldap backed plugin which loads all the registered Groups and Applications in the system.
DataSources
DataSource	This must specify an attribute called [key] and an optional attribute called [default] which can be set to true or false. There should be only one default dataSource in the configuration, otherwise the last read default value is set for all the dataSources in configuration
DataSourceBuilder	THe full class name of the DataSourceBuilder implementation which will be used to create and initialize this Datasource.
sourceClass	The full class name of the DataSource class which will be initialized by the framework.
property	This has 2 attributes called [name] and [value], you specify a property name and value which is then read by the system. You can specify as many property tags as needed.
plugins
plugin	This must specify a single attribute called [key] which represents a unique name by which the plugin will be known throughout the application.
pluginName	The full class name of the plugin to be used by this configuration.
property	This has 2 attributes called [name] and [value], you specify a property name and value which is then read by the system. You can specify as many property tags as needed.

Configuration Options Reference

This is sometimes referred to as process flow configuration within spine. The configuration file spine.xml hosts this configuration and this file is read at initialization.A sample file is available here with the various nodes and node details given below:

dataProxies
dataProxy	The node which contains the attributes for the DataProxy i.e the full [className] and the [index]. You can define as many dataProxy tags as you need.
processor	Has a single attribute called [name] which is the name by which this processor's configuration is known to the system
processorClass	The full class name of the object which represents the processor to use.
delegate The business delegate used by the business tier and its associated objects(this tag has no attributes). You may specify 1 to many Delegates.
subClass	The full class name of the AbstractBusinessDelegate sub class in use by the process flow.
dataAccessObject	The tag showing the DataAccessObjects and dependencies.
className	The full class name of the DataAccessObject in use.
proxyIndex	The index of the proxy subclass we are using for this process flow.
multiDelegate The delegate used by the business tier and its associated objects(this tag has no attributes), use a multiDelegate tag when defining a MultiViewProcessor. You may specify 1 to many multiDelegates
subClass	The full class name of the AbstractBusinessDelegate sub class in use by the process flow.
managedObject	The tag indicating which object is used by this process flow, we advise using a SpineBean.
objectClass	The full class name of the managed object in use by this process flow.
dataAccessObject	The tag showing the DataAccessObjects and dependencies.
className	The full class name of the DataAccessObject in use.
proxyIndex	The index of the proxy subclass we are using for this process flow.
pageIndex	An index used to specify this particular managed object configuration.
builder	The full class name of a builder which can be used to invoke additional properties and/or functions for the various managed objects

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