Providers Element (ADF)

Contains elements that define the event providers used by the application.

Syntax

<Application>
    ...
    <Providers>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Optional once per Application element.
Updates	Can be added and deleted when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	Application Element (ADF)
Child elements	HostedProvider Element (ADF) NonHostedProvider Element (ADF)

Remarks

The Providers element contains definitions for all event providers, hosted and nonhosted, used by the application.

The Providers element is optional. If your application does not use event classes (meaning the event or subscription rules query other data sources for events), you do not need event providers.

Example

The following example shows how to define both a hosted event provider and a nonhosted event provider.

<Providers>
    <HostedProvider>
        <ProviderName>StockEP</ProviderName>
        <ClassName>StockData.StockProvider</ClassName>
        <AssemblyName>
        C:\EventProviders\CustomProviders\StockProvider.dll
        </AssemblyName>
        <SystemName>%SYSNAME%</SystemName>
        <Schedule>
            <StartTime>22:00:00</StartTime>
            <Interval>P0DT00H05M00S</Interval>
         </Schedule>
        <Arguments>
            <Argument>
                <Name>URL</Name>
                <Value>www.contoso.com/stockvalues</Value>
            </Argument>
        </Arguments>
    </HostedProvider>
    <NonHostedProvider>
        <ProviderName>EventWatcher</ProviderName>
    </NonHostedProvider>
</Providers>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Defining Hosted Event Providers
Updating Instances and Applications

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