# MTSCRAConfig Class Methods This class provides methods to retrieve configuration parameters from the server. #### getConfigurationXML This method retrieves the configuration parameters from the server as an XML data. The method will throw an exception if there is a problem with retrieving the configuration XML. ``` public String getConfigurationXML( String username, String password, int readerType, SCRAConfigurationDeviceInfo deviceInfo, String address, int timeout) throws MTSCRAException ``` Parameters:


Parameter	Description
username	String value of the username.
password	String value of the password.
readerType	Integer value indicating the type of reader device.
deviceInfo	SCRAConfigurationDeviceInfo value containing information pertaining to the device.
address	String value of the address for connection to the server.
timeout	Integer value of the timeout in seconds for connection to the server.

Return Value: String value of the configuration parameters retrieved from the server. #### getConfigurationResponse This method retrieves the configuration parameters from XML data as a ProcessMessageResponse object. The method will throw an exception if there is a problem with retrieving the configuration XML. ``` public ProcessMessageResponse getConfigurationResponse( String xmlConfig) throws MTSCRAException ``` Parameters:


Parameter	Description
xmlConfig	String value of the the configuration parameters from the server.

Return Value: ProcessMessageResponse containing the configuration parameters. #### getConfigurationParams This method retrieves the configuration parameters from the server as an XML data. The method will throw an exception if there is a problem with retrieving the configuration XML. ``` public String getConfigurationParams( String model, ProcessMessageResponse messageReponse) throws MTSCRAException ``` Parameters:


Parameter	Description
model	String value containing the device model.
messageResponse	ProcessMessageResponse containing the configuration parameters.

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