N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plug-in Development Guide

Preface

The N1^TM Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plug-In Development Guide explains how to create plug-in solutions.

Who Should Use This Book

The audience for this book includes Sun^TM internal developers, partners, and ISVs who need to develop solutions for applications to be provisioned through the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software. These readers should be familiar with the following items:

Networking and data center environments
The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System product
Standard Unix® and Microsoft Windows commands and utilities, as appropriate for the plug-in being developed
Java^TM programming and standards
XML and standard XML editors and parsers

Before You Read This Book

To become familiar with the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System product, read the following documentation:

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Overview of N1 Grid Service Provisioning System Plug-Ins introduces you to the concept of plug-ins for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System product.

Chapter 2, Creating a Plug-In describes the process and procedures that you use to create a plug-in.

Chapter 3, Using the Application Programming Interface explains the Java-based APIs that you can use for your plug-in.

Appendix A, Example Plug-In provides sample XML and Java examples for a plug-in.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`