1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config.cpp b/config.cpp
index 0255023..7474a1d 100644
--- a/config.cpp
+++ b/config.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 
 namespace {
  const std::string default_datapath {"/var/lib/whiteboard"};
+ const uint64_t default_maxage{0}; // timeout in seconds; 0 = no timeout
 }
 
-Config::Config(const std::string& config_filename): m_dataPath{default_datapath}
+Config::Config(const std::string& config_filename): m_dataPath{default_datapath}, m_maxage{default_maxage}
 {
 
  try {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ Config::Config(const std::string& config_filename): m_dataPath{default_datapath}
   pt::read_xml(config_filename, tree, pt::xml_parser::no_comments | pt::xml_parser::trim_whitespace);
 
   m_dataPath = tree.get<std::string>("config.datapath", default_datapath);
+  m_maxage = tree.get<uint64_t>("config.maxage", default_maxage);
  } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
   std::cerr << "Error reading config file " << config_filename << ". Using " << default_datapath << "." << std::endl;
  }
@@ -29,3 +31,8 @@ std::string Config::getDataPath() const
 {
  return m_dataPath;
 }
+
+uint64_t Config::getMaxage() const
+{
+ return m_maxage;
+}