Configuration parameters and loading Rating Management components

You can use the preload Rating Management components feature and precompile rate routines JAR feature together or separately.

Preload Rating Management components only

In the base configuration, the preload Rating Management components feature is enabled. The precompile rate routines JAR feature is disabled. The configuration parameters are set to these values:
  • RateBookPreloadEnabled to true
  • EnableRateRoutinesJar to false
When you start the server with only the preload Rating Management components feature enabled:
  • The RateRoutinesJarFile parameter is ignored.
  • Rating Management components, including rate routines, are loaded into cache on system startup.

Preload Rating Management components and precompile rate routines JAR file

To use both the preload Rating Management components feature and the precompile rate routines JAR feature, set the configuration parameters as follows:
  • RateBookPreloadEnabled to true
  • EnableRateRoutinesJar to true
When you start the server with both features enabled:
  • If the RateRoutinesJarFile parameter points to a valid JAR file:

    • Then all rate routines in the JAR file are preloaded.

    • If the RateBooksToExportToJar method in the rate book preload plugin returns rate books whose rate routines are not in the JAR file, the JAR file is recompiled. Then the JAR file is preloaded. Because this slows startup time, you are encouraged to avoid this situation.

  • If the RateRoutinesJarFile parameter points to an invalid JAR file:

    • PolicyCenter throws an exception and does not start.

Precompile rate routines JAR file only

To use only the precompile rate routines JAR file feature, set the configuration parameters as follows:
  • RateBookPreloadEnabled to false
  • EnableRateRoutinesJar to true
  • RateRoutinesJarFile
When you start the server with only this feature enabled:
  • Rate routines are not preloaded.
  • The file specified by RateRoutinesJarFile is created if it does not exist. If it exists, it is updated if it is a valid JAR file.

Disable both features

To disable both the preload Rating Management components feature and the precompile rate routines JAR file feature, set the configuration parameters as follows:
  • RateBookPreloadEnabled to false
  • EnableRateRoutinesJar to false
When you start the server with both features disabled:

  • Rate routines are not preloaded.

  • The rate routines JAR file is not used to load rate routines and is not updated.