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The main purpose for an application start class would be to prepare information that would then
be used by call-specific components, especially if the setup process takes a long time to run. For
example, if an application has elements that are written to access a backend database or
mainframe system, they could initiate connections to that system each time they need to. This,
however, would incur overhead in initiating the connection each time. An alternative would be to
write an application start class that will open up the connection to the database or mainframe and
perform all necessary setup. The class could take as long as necessary to run because the
application is being initialized and is not actively taking calls. The application start class could
then store the connection in application data that the elements could then access when needed.
This solution incurs overhead at the best time, during application initialization, and eliminates it
at the worst time, during a call.
be used by call-specific components, especially if the setup process takes a long time to run. For
example, if an application has elements that are written to access a backend database or
mainframe system, they could initiate connections to that system each time they need to. This,
however, would incur overhead in initiating the connection each time. An alternative would be to
write an application start class that will open up the connection to the database or mainframe and
perform all necessary setup. The class could take as long as necessary to run because the
application is being initialized and is not actively taking calls. The application start class could
then store the connection in application data that the elements could then access when needed.
This solution incurs overhead at the best time, during application initialization, and eliminates it
at the worst time, during a call.
The application start class action is built by implementing the Unified CVP class
StartApplicationInterface
found in the
com.audium.server.proxy
package. It contains a
single method named
onStartApplication
that is the execution method for the application
start class. This method receives a single argument, an instance of
ApplicationStartAPI
. This
class belongs to the Global API and is used to access and create application data and global data
(see the User Guide for Cisco Unified CVP VXML Server and Cisco Unified Call Studio Chapter
2 in the section entitled Variables for more on application and global data). The method does not
have a return value. It is expected that should an unrecoverable error occur, the application start
class will throw an
(see the User Guide for Cisco Unified CVP VXML Server and Cisco Unified Call Studio Chapter
2 in the section entitled Variables for more on application and global data). The method does not
have a return value. It is expected that should an unrecoverable error occur, the application start
class will throw an
AudiumException
.