Configuring episerver.framework (CMS 8)

This is a pseudo code description of the element structure of the <episerver.framework> section in EPiServer framework. Refer to the Configuration section for an explanation of the syntax used in the description of the configuration elements.

Each element name below is also a link leading to the detailed information for that element.

<episerver.framework>
        <clientResources>
        <geolocation>
        <localization>
        <scanAssembly>
        <virtualPathProviders>
        <virtualRoles>
        <visitorGroupStatistics>
        <licensing>
        <appData>
        <blob>
        <event>
</episerver.framework>

<clientResources>

<clientResources debug="bool" compress="bool" />

<clientResources> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
debug	false	Defines if debug versions of included scripts are used instead of optimized versions.
compress	true	Defines if data from REST stores should be delivered in compressed format.

<geolocation>

XML

<geolocation defaultProvider="string" >
   <providers>
      <add name="string"
           type="string" />
      ...
   </providers>
</geolocation>

<geolocation> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
defaultProvider		*Required*. The name of the provider to be used. A provider with the specified name must exist in the <providers> collection.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. A unique name identifying this provider.
type	false	*Required*. The full name of the geoloaction provider class.

<localization>

XML

<episerver.framework>
  ...
  <localization fallbackBehavior="FallbackCulture, MissingMessage, Echo" fallbackCulture="en">
    <providers>
      <add physicalPath="c:\temp\resourceFolder"
           name="customResources"
           type="EPiServer.Framework.Localization.XmlResources.FileXmlLocalizationProvider" />
    </providers>
  </localization>
  ...
</episerver.framework>

<localization> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
fallbackBehavior	FallbackBehaviors.Echo	The fallback behavior that should be used if a resource could not be found in the requested culture. See EPiServer.Framework.Localization.FallbackBehaviors for possible values.
fallbackCulture	en	The name of the fallback culture in the 'languagecode-country/regioncode' format that the LocalizationService should use if a resource could not be found and the FallbackBehavior includes the FallbackBehavior.FallbackCulture flag.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. A unique name identifying this provider.
physicalPath		A physical directory path to where language files are located.
fileSystemWatchPath	Same value as specified physicalPath.	A physical directory path that the FileSystemWatcher uses. If no value is set it uses the physicalPath value.

<scanAssembly>

XML

<scanAssembly forceBinFolderScan="bool" >
   <add assembly="string" />
   ...
</scanAssembly>

<searchResultFilter> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
forceBinFolderScan	false	Defines whether all asseblies in the /bin folder should be scanned to discover classes decorated with any of the EPiServer class decoration attributes.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
assembly		*Required*. Defines whether all asseblies in the /bin folder should be scanned to discover classes decorated with any of the EPiServer class decoration attributes.

<virtualPathProviders>

XML

<virtualPathProviders> 
      <add name="string"
           type="string" />
      ...
</virtualPathProviders>

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. Unique name for this virtual path provider.
type		*Required*. The full name of the virtual path provider class.
...		Implementation specific settings. Can have any name and arbitrary in number.

<virtualRoles>

XML

<virtualRoles failSafeIsInRole="bool"
              replacePrincipal="bool"
              replicationType="string"
              addClaims="bool">
   <providers>
      <add name="string"
           type="string" />
      ...
   </providers>
</virtualRoles>

<virtualRoles> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
failSafeIsInRole	false	Defines whether the IsInRole method on VirtualRolePrincipal may throw an exception (when replacePrincipal is set to true). Set to true to stop IsInRole from throwing an exception.
replacePrincipal	false	Defines if the HttpContext.Current.User IPrincipal object should be wrapped in a VirtualRolePrincipal. Use addClaims instead when possible.
addClaims	false	Defines if virtual roles should be added as claims on the HttpContext.Current.User IPrincipal object. Cannot be combined with replacePrincipal. Requires EPiServer.CMS.Core 7.14 or higher.
replicationType	EPiServer.ApplicationModules.Security.VirtualRoleReplication, EPiServer.ApplicationModules	The full name of the class that will handle replication of changes in virtual roles.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. Unique name for this virtual role provider.
type		*Required*. The full name of the virtual role provider class.

<visitorGroupStatistics>

XML

<visitorGroupStatistics commitToRepositoryInterval="TimeSpan"
                        enabled="bool" />

<visitorGroupStatistics> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
commitToRepositoryInterval	0.00:20:00	How often collected statistics should be saved to the repository.
enabled	true	Defines whether statistics should be collected.

<licensing>

XML

<licensing licenseFilePath="string"/>

<licensing> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
licenseFilePath	License.config	The relative or absolute path to the license file.

<appData>

XML

<appData basePath="string"/>

<appData> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
basePath		The path to the application data.

<blob>

XML

<blob defaultProvider="string" >
   <providers>
      <add name="string"
           type="string" />
      ...
   </providers>
</blob>

<blob> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
defaultProvider		*Required*. The name of the provider to be used. A provider with the specified name must exist in the <providers> collection.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. A unique name identifying this provider.
type	false	*Required*. The full name of the blob provider class.

<event>

XML

<event defaultProvider="string" >
   <providers>
      <add name="string"
           type="string" />
      ...
   </providers>
</event>

<event> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
defaultProvider		*Required*. The name of the provider to be used. A provider with the specified name must exist in the <providers> collection.

<add> Element Attributes

Name	Default Value	Description
name		*Required*. A unique name identifying this provider.
type	false	*Required*. The full name of the event provider class.

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Configuring episerver.framework

<clientResources>

<clientResources> Element Attributes

<geolocation>

<geolocation> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes

<localization>

<localization> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes

<scanAssembly>

<searchResultFilter> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes

<virtualPathProviders>

<add> Element Attributes

<virtualRoles>

<virtualRoles> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes

<visitorGroupStatistics>

<visitorGroupStatistics> Element Attributes

<licensing>

<licensing> Element Attributes

<appData>

<appData> Element Attributes

<blob>

<blob> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes

<event>

<event> Element Attributes

<add> Element Attributes