Component Overview

Components provided by the Oracle installation

Chapter 1 describes the software components that are involved in an application that uses the OLAP API. The Oracle installation provides all of the components that run on the OLAP Services computer. In addition, the installation provides jar files that are needed on the application development computer for creating an OLAP API client application.

As an application developer, you must copy these jar files from the OLAP Services computer to the computer on which you will write your Java application. The files that you copy supply the OLAP API client software and CORBA software that is used by the OLAP API.

Components required on the application development computer

The application development computer must have the following components:

• OLAP API jar files, which represent the OLAP API client software. The Oracle installation provides these files, along with OLAP API reference documentation and sample Java progams that use the OLAP API.

• VisiBroker for Java jar files, which support the underlying CORBA connection between your application and OLAP Services. The Oracle installation provides these files.

• Oracle CORBA naming service jar files, which provide CORBA naming services so your application can find an OLAP service. The Oracle installation provides these files.

• The Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.1.8. The Oracle installation does not provide the JDK. For information about obtaining and using it, see the Sun Microsystems Java Web site at java.sun.com.