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Contains the information necessary to perform ARS API calls including authentication information like username and password as well as server information like server name and port number.  An instance of this class will be required to make any calls with ars models.  This class wraps the ARServerUser class from the ARS Java API.

Context.new

ArsModels::Context.new() is the method used to instantiate a new ArsModels::Context instance.  Below are the options that this constructor takes, the required options are in bold.

:username Sets the username of the user when connecting to the server.  This value is required.
:password Sets the password of the user when connecting to the server.  The value defaults to an empty string if not specified.
:server Sets the host name of the server that will be accessed.  This value is required.
:port Sets the port number used when connecting to the server.  The value defaults to 0 if not specified.  The value will be converted to an integer if a string value is specified.
:prognum Sets the RPC queue used when connecting to the server.  The value defaults to 0 if not specified.  The value will be converted to an integer if a string value is specified.
:authentication Sets the authentication string used when connecting to the server.  The value defaults to an empty string if not specified.

Intance Methods

ars_context Returns the com.bmc.arsys.api.ARServerUser instance that is instantiated internally with the Context.  This is the instance that the ARS API calls are made with
login Attempts to login into the specified ARS server with the specified credentials.  If successful it will simply return nil.  If unsuccessful an error will be raised
username Returns the username of the user when connecting to the server.
password Returns the password of the user when connecting to the server.
server Returns the host name of the server that will be accessed.
port Returns the port number used when connecting to the server.
prognum Returns the RPC queue used when connecting to the server.
authentication Returns the authentication string used when connecting to the server.