code: public void updateApplicationTimeout(TimeSpan span) throws SecurityException {
  	checkWriteAccess();
  	boolean hasAccess = ConfigWebUtil.hasAccess(config, SecurityManager.TYPE_SETTING);
  
  	if (!hasAccess) throw new SecurityException("no access to update scope setting");
  
  	Element scope = _getRootElement("scope");
  	if (span != null) scope.setAttribute("applicationtimeout", span.getDay() + "," + span.getHour() + "," + span.getMinute() + "," + span.getSecond());
  	else scope.removeAttribute("applicationtimeout");
      }
docs: updates request timeout value
  
  @param span
  @throws SecurityException