The repository-configuration.xml file is declared in jcr-configuration.xml.

<external-component-plugins>

    <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.jcr.config.RepositoryServiceConfiguration</target-component>

    <component-plugin>

        <name>Sample RepositoryServiceConfiguration Plugin</name>

        <set-method>addConfig</set-method>

        <type>org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.config.RepositoryServiceConfigurationPlugin</type>

        <init-params>

            <value-param>

                <name>conf-path</name>

                <description>JCR configuration file</description>

                <value>war:/conf/platform/repository-configuration.xml</value>

            </value-param>

        </init-params>

    </component-plugin>

</external-component-plugins>

Each repository-configuration.xml file contains configurations of one repository, workspaces of the repository and configurations of workspaces. This file can be found in various locations:

See the following DTD file to understand the expected format of the JCR configuration.

<!ELEMENT repository-service (repositories)>

<!ATTLIST repository-service default-repository NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT repositories (repository)>

<!ELEMENT repository (security-domain,access-control,session-max-age,authentication-policy,workspaces)>

<!ATTLIST repository

  default-workspace NMTOKEN #REQUIRED

  name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED

  system-workspace NMTOKEN #REQUIRED

>

<!ELEMENT security-domain (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT access-control (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT session-max-age (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT authentication-policy (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT workspaces (workspace+)>

<!ELEMENT workspace (container,initializer,cache,query-handler)>

<!ATTLIST workspace name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT container (properties,value-storages)>

<!ATTLIST container class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT value-storages (value-storage+)>

<!ELEMENT value-storage (properties,filters)>

<!ATTLIST value-storage class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT filters (filter+)>

<!ELEMENT filter EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST filter property-type NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT initializer (properties)>

<!ATTLIST initializer class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT cache (properties)>

<!ATTLIST cache 

  enabled NMTOKEN #REQUIRED

  class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED

>

<!ELEMENT query-handler (properties)>

<!ATTLIST query-handler class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT access-manager (properties)>

<!ATTLIST access-manager class NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT lock-manager (time-out,persister)>

<!ELEMENT time-out (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT persister (properties)>

<!ELEMENT properties (property+)>

<!ELEMENT property EMPTY>

JCR Service can use multiple Repositories and each repository can have multiple Workspaces. Each workspace contains its configurations, including:

Repositories configuration parameters support human-readable formats of values. They are all case-insensitive: