DCS Configuration Service

The Configuration Service resides on the server and forms the core functionality of the configuration server. The configuration server implements the method RetrieveConfiguration, and thus exposes the interface Configuration Response:

The following table defines the properties of the RetrieveConfiguration class:

Name

Type

Description

ApplicationName

String

Contains the name of the application requesting

LastUpdate

DateTime

Optional. Contains the last updated timestamp. The LastUpdate parameter is optional. If not specified, the system will generate a new configuration file.

Sign

Bool

 

Assertions

Assertion

Returns the assertion


The following table defines the properties of the ConfigurationResponse class:

Name

Type

Description

CachedVersion

Bool

The CachedVersion parameter is set to true if a cached version of the file is found.

AlreadyUpdated

Bool

The parameter returns true if the request’s last updated timestamp is more recent that the available list of configuration assertions.

Configuration

Configuration

Returns a Configuration if the latest configuration is found in the cache.


You can configure the service, through DCS, to use MTOM to be able to stream large files.

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