<hostType> Element

The <hostType> element is a child of the <memberList>element. It is used to declare a hostType to be referenced by the bundle.

Attributes of the <hostType> Element

The <hostType> element has two attributes:

• name – The name of the hostType to be referenced by the bundle jar.

• description – The optional description of the hostType. Default is no description.

<varList> Element

The <hostType> element contains an optional <varList> child element. The <varList> element specifies a list of variables to be added to the <hostType> element and later used by hosts in configuration.

The <varlist> element contains one or more <var> child elements. The <var> element provides <hostType> element variable declaration through two required attributes:

• name – The name of the variable

• default – The default value of the variable