}
                    }
                }

                PlexusConfiguration connectTimeoutXml = config.getChild("connectTimeout", false);
                if (connectTimeoutXml != null) {
                    connectTimeout = Integer.parseInt(connectTimeoutXml.getValue());
                } else {
                    // fallback configuration name

        server.setUsername("jason");
        server.setPassword("abc123");
        Xpp3Dom configuration = new Xpp3Dom("configuration");
        Xpp3Dom connectTimeoutConfiguration = new Xpp3Dom("connectTimeout");
        connectTimeoutConfiguration.setValue("3000");
        configuration.addChild(connectTimeoutConfiguration);

        server.setConfiguration(configuration);