module.config

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The Configuration topic describes the syntax used in the description of the configuration elements.

<module>
  <assemblies/>
  <routes/>
  <clientResources/>
  <dojo/>
  <clientModule/>
</module>

<module>

<module helpFile="string"
        productName="string"
        clientResourceRelativePath="string"
        type="string">
	<assemblies/>
	<routes/>
	<clientResources/>
	<dojo/>
	<clientModule/>
</module>

<module> element attributes

Name	Default value	Description
helpFile		URL to the help file for this module. , , , , are replaced.
productName		A product name for display. If this is not specified, the module name is used.
clientResourceRelativePath		The client module resource relative path is combined with the resource base path and is used specifically for paths to client resources. If not defined the resource base path is used as-is. One use for this is versioning the client resources in a module.
type		The type specifies which class to instantiate for this module instance. If this is not set, ShellModule is used.
loadFromBin	true	Whether to load all assemblies from the bin folder of the module. Otherwise, only assemblies listed under the assemblies element are loaded.
routeBasePath		Optional base path for routes to the module.
viewFolder		Optional name of the folder containing views for the module. If not given, the expectation is that the views are in a folder named <moduleName>.Views.
authorizationPolicy	"DefaultShellModulePolicy"	Specifies which policy that should be applied to the module. If not specified then a default policy that requires any of the roles WebEditors, WebAdmins, CmsAdmins, or Administrators.

<assemblies>

This list of assemblies specifies which assemblies belong to this shell module.

<assemblies>
  <add assembly="string" />
    ...
</assemblies>

<add> element attribute

Name	Default value	Description
assembly		Required – The name of an assembly that should be loaded and associated with the module.

<routes>

<routes>
	<route url="string"
         clientSideOnly="string"
         type="string"
         controllerPrefix="string">
		<defaults>
			<add key="string"
           value="string" />
          ...


		</defaults>
		<constraints>
			<add key="string"
           value="string" />
          ...


		</constraints>
		<dataTokens>
			<add key="string"
           value="string" />
          ...


		</dataTokens>
	</route>
      ...


</routes>

<route> element attributes

Name	Default value	Description
url	{moduleArea}/{controller}/{action}/{id}	The URL pattern for the route. See the Route.Url property for details on how the ASP.NET routing system uses these values. URL parameters are enclosed in braces ({}).
type		The fully-qualified name of the class to instantiate for routing instead of Route. The class must inherit RouteBase.
controllerPrefix		A prefix applied to controllers routed to this route. This makes it possible to “scope” controllers without conflict with application controllers.

<defaults>/<add> element attributes

These values specify the default values used when the request does not define URL parameters (see the URL attribute on the route element). See the Route.Defaults property for details on how the ASP.NET routing system uses these values.

Name	Default value	Description
key		Required – Parameter name
value		Required – Default value for this parameter

<clientResources>

This section contains definitions of client resources that should be associated with the module.

<clientResources>
	<add name="string"
       path="string"
       resourceType="string"
       sortIndex="int"
       isMinified="bool" >
		<dependencies>
			<add name="string" />
        ...

		</dependencies>
	</add>
    ...

</clientResources>

<add> element attributes

This is the client resource definition.

Name	Default value	Description
name		Required – The name of the client resource. This is used as the key when loading resources. Several resources can share the same name if they should be grouped.
path		Required – The virtual path to the resource on this site or a well-formed URL to an external resource. If the virtual path is relative or partial, it is automatically resolved based on the client resource base and relative paths of the module.
resourceType		Required – Specifies the resource type, which must be either Script or Style.
sortIndex	0	Use the sort index to specify dependencies between resources with the same name.
isMinified	false	Indicates whether the content of this client resource is already minified.

<dependencies>/<add> element attributes

The list of names of client resources that this resource depends on.

Name	Default value	Description
name		Required – The name of the client resource that this resource depends on.

<dojo>

This section contains configuration for paths and aliases used by Dojo.

<dojo>
  <paths>
    <add name="string" path="string" />
  </paths>
  <aliases>
    <add from="string" to="string" />
  </aliases>
</dojo>

<paths>/<add> element attributes

Name	Default value	Description
name		Required – Dojo module identifier fragment. (For example: epi/cms)
path	Scripts/[name]	Path to the module root. Defaults to Scripts/ followed by the name attribute value with dots replaced by slashes.

<aliases>/<add> element attributes

Aliases let module paths be remapped at run time.

Name	Default value	Description
from		Required – Module path under Dojo 1.7 (for example, epi/cms/contentediting/editors/SelectionEditor).
to		Required – Module path under Dojo 1.8 (for example, epi-cms/contentediting/editors/SelectionEditor).

<clientModule>

This section contains client-side configuration options.

<clientModule initializer="string">
  <moduleDependencies>
    <add dependency="string"/>
      ...
  </moduleDependencies>
  <requiredResources>
    <add name="string"/>
      ...
  </requiredResources>
      ...
</clientModule>

<clientModule> element attributes

Name	Default value	Description
initializer		The (JavaScript) class, which has the initializer for starting the module on the client. This should inherit from the base class epi/_Module.

Example of client-side initializer class

define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
  return declare([], {
    initialize: function () {
      // Do any custom module initialization here
    }
  });
});

<moduleDependencies>/<add> element attributes

Defines shell modules that this module has a dependency on on the client side.

Name	Default value	Description
`dependency`		Name of shell module that this (client-side) module depends on.
`type`	`Require`	Type of dependency. The options are: * `Require` – indicates that the named module needs to be started before this module. * `RunAfter` – starts automatically after the named module has started. It is also possible to combine the above options.

<requiredResources>/<\add> element attributes

This section defines which client resources should be loaded on the client.

Name	Default value	Description
name		The name of the client resource that is required and should be loaded. This refers to the name attribute in clientResources.

Application default module

In addition to the ordinary shell modules, there is also a module configured for the application. This module serves two main purposes: resolving paths to the wwwroot when no matching module is found in the module system, enabling the application to provide functionality that would otherwise require a separate module implementation.

This default module is added to the module system as an empty module. To configure it, place a module.config file in the application root. This module.config is treated like any other module configuration except that the client resource base path is defaulted to wwwroot/ClientResources, unless configured otherwise.

Example module manifest file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<module productName="Sample Module" clientResourceRelativePath="7.3.0" loadFromBin="false">
	<assemblies>
		<add assembly="Sample.UI" />
	</assemblies>
	<route controllerPrefix="Sample">
		<defaults>
			<add key="moduleArea" value="Sample.UI" />
			<add key="controller" value="Home" />
			<add key="action" value="Index" />
		</defaults>
	</route>
	<clientResources>
		<add name="sample.theme" path="ClientResources/sample.css" resourceType="Style" />
		<add name="sample.widgets" path="ClientResources/widget1.js" resourceType="Script">
			<dependencies>
				<add name="sample.dependency" />
			</dependencies>
		</add>
		<add name="sample.widgets" path="ClientResources/widget2.js" resourceType="Script" sortIndex="1" />
		<add name="sample.other" path="http://domain.com/Script.js" resourceType="Script" />
	</clientResources>
	<dojo>
		<paths>
			<add name="sample" path="ClientResources"/>
		</paths>
	</dojo>
	<clientModule>
		<moduleDependencies>
			<add dependency="Shell"/>
			<add dependency="CMS" type="RunAfter"/>
			<add dependency="AnotherAddon" type="Require RunAfter"/>
		</moduleDependencies>
		<requiredResources>
			<add name="sample.theme"/>
			<add name="sample.widgets"/>
		</requiredResources>
	</clientModule>
</module>