/// <summary>
/// Establishes a connection to a Splunk service using a map of
/// arguments.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The connection arguments.</param>
/// <returns>A new <see cref="Service"/> instance.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method creates a new <see cref="Service"/> instance and
/// authenticates the session using credentials passed in from the args
/// dictionary.
/// </remarks>
public static Service Connect(Dictionary <string, object> args)
{
Service service = new Service(args);
if (args.ContainsKey("username"))
{
string username = Args.Get(args, "username", null);
string password = Args.Get(args, "password", null);
service.Login(username, password);
}
return(service);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Service"/> class
/// with a general argument list.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The service arguments.</param>
public Service(Dictionary <string, object> args)
: base()
{
this.InitProperties();
this.App = Args.Get(args, "app", null);
this.Host = Args.Get(args, "host", defaultHost);
this.Owner = Args.Get(args, "owner", null);
this.Port = args.ContainsKey("port")
? Convert.ToInt32(args["port"])
: defaultPort;
this.Scheme = Args.Get(args, "scheme", HttpService.DefaultScheme);
this.Token = Args.Get(args, "token", null);
}