This is a pseudocode description of the element structure of the module.config file. 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.
The module.config file is located in the root directory of a shell module and contains settings specific to that module.
<module>
<assemblies/>
<routes/>
<clientResources/>
<dojo/>
<clientModule/>
</module>
<module>
XML
<module helpFile="string"
productName="string"
clientResourceRelativePath="string"
type="string"
loadFromBin="string">
<a href="#assemblies"><assemblies/></a>
<a href="#routes"><routes/></a>
<a href="#clientResources"><clientResources/></a>
<a href="#dojo"><dojo/></a>
<a href="#client"><clientModule/></a>
</module>
<module> Element Attributes
Name | Default Value | Description |
helpFile |
|
URL to the help file for this module. {culture}, {major}, {minor}, {build}, {revision} 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 for paths to client resources specifically. 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. |
<assemblies>
This list of assemblies specifies which assemblies belong to this shell module.
XML
<assemblies>
<add assembly="string" />
...
</assemblies>
<add> Element Attributes
Name | Default Value | Description |
assembly |
|
Required. The name of an assembly that should be loaded and associated with the module. |
<routes>
XML
<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 these values are used by the ASP.NET routing system. URL parameters are enclosed in braces ({}). |
clientSideOnly |
false |
Determines whether this route only affects the client routing model. |
type |
|
Fully qualified name of class to instantiate for routing instead of Route. The class must inherit RouteBase. |
controllerPrefix |
|
A prefix applied to to all controllers routed to this route. This makes it possible to "scope" controllers so they don't conflict with application controllers. |
<defaults>/<add> Element Attributes
These values specify the default values used when URL parameters (see the url attribute on the route element) are not defined in the request. See the Route.Defaults property for details on how these values are used by the ASP.NET routing system.
Name | Default Value | Description |
key |
|
Required. Parameter name |
value |
|
Required. Default value for this parameter |
<constraints>/<add> Element Attributes
These constraints limit which values are accepted as valid values for URL parameters (see the url attribute on the route element). See the Route.Constraints property for details on how these values are used by the ASP.NET routing system.
Name | Default Value | Description |
key |
|
Required. Parameter name |
value |
|
Required. Regex which matches allowed values for this parameter |
<dataTokens>/<add> Element Attributes
Data tokens are custom values that are passed to the route handler, but which are not used to determine whether the route matches a URL pattern. See the Route.DataTokens property for details on how these values are used by the ASP.NET routing system.
Name | Default Value | Description |
key |
|
Required. The name of the data token |
value |
|
Required. The value of the data token |
<clientResources>
This section contains definitions of client resources that should be associated with the module.
XML
<clientResources>
<add name="string"
path="string"
resourceType="string"
sortIndex="int"
isMinified="bool" >
<dependencies>
<add name="string" />
...
</dependencies>
</add>
...
</clientResources>
<add> Element Attributes
This is 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 well-formed URL to external resource. If the virtual path is relative or partial it will be automatically resolved based on client resource base and relative paths of the module. |
resourceType |
|
Required. Specifies the type of the resource, must be one of "Script" or "Style". |
sortIndex |
0 |
The sort index can be used 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.
XML
<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. (eg epi/cms) |
path |
Scripts/[Name] |
Path to the module root. |
<aliases>/<add> Element Attributes
Aliases allow module paths to be remapped at run time.
Name | Default Value | Description |
from |
|
Required. Module path under dojo 1.7 (e.g. epi/cms/contentediting/editors/SelectionEditor). |
to |
|
Required. Module path under dojo 1.8 (e.g. epi-cms/contentediting/editors/SelectionEditor). |
<clientModule>
This section contains client-side configuration options.
XML
<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 name which has the initializer for starting the module on the client. |
Example of client-side initializer class
JavaScript
define(["dojo"], function(dojo) {
return dojo.declare([], {
initialize: function() {
}
});
});
<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: This indicates that the named module needs to be started before this module.
- RunAfter: This module will start 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 root. This module serves two main purposes; resolving paths to the application root when no matching module is found in the module system, and making it possible to let the application provide functionality which would otherwise require a separate module implementation.
This default module is always added to the module system as an empty module, and to configure it you have to place a module.config file in the application root. This module.config is then treated just as any other module configuration with the exception that the client resource base path is defaulted to ~/ClientResources, unless configured otherwise.
Example module manifest file
XML
<?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>
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