Page configurations are mainly used by TPageService to modify or append the application configuration. As the name indicates, a page configuration is associated with a directory storing some page files. It is stored as an XML file named config.xml.
When a user requests a page stored under <BasePath>/dir1/dir2, the TPageService will try to parse and load config.xml files under <BasePath>/dir1 and <BasePath>/dir1/dir2. Paths, modules, and parameters specified in these configuration files will be appended or merged into the existing application configuration.
The format of a page configuration file is as follows,
<configuration>
<paths>
<alias id="AliasID" path="AliasPath" />
<using namespace="Namespace" />
</paths>
<modules>
<module id="ModuleID" class="ModuleClass" PropertyName="PropertyValue" ... />
</modules>
<authorization>
<allow pages="PageID1,PageID2" users="User1,User2" roles="Role1,Role2" verb="get" />
<deny pages="PageID1,PageID2" users="User1,User2" roles="Role1,Role2" verb="post" />
</authorization>
<pages PropertyName="PropertyValue" ...>
<page id="PageID" PropertyName="PropertyValue" ... />
</pages>
<parameters>
<parameter id="ParameterID" class="ParameterClass" PropertyName="PropertyValue" ... />
</parameters>
</configuration>
The <paths>, <modules> and <parameters> are similar to those in an application configuration. The <authorization> specifies the authorization rules that apply to the current page directory and all its subdirectories. It will be explained in more detail in future sections. The <pages> element specifies the initial values for the properties of pages. Each <page> element specifies the initial property values for a particular page identified by the id<pages> element apply to all pages in the current directory and all its subdirectories.