Writing Rules and Policies

The samples\TFSAggregator2.ServerPlugin.policies should be your starting point. This file contains a no-harm policy: it simply logs an “Hello, World” message when invoked. The comments remind the syntax.

Editing a policy

The XML Schema definition is in file Aggregator.Core\Configuration\AggregatorConfiguration.xsd. This is the ultimate truth: policy file is checked against XSD before being used.

It can also help you editing the policy file in Visual Studio. Open TfsAggregator2 solution in Visual Studio, open a policy file using built-in Xml editor, Select XML from the main menu, then Schemas. In the dialog windows select Use this Schema for AggregatorConfiguration.xsd from the drop-down list.