The N1TM Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plug-In Development Guide explains how to create plug-in solutions.
The audience for this book includes SunTM 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
JavaTM programming and standards
XML and standard XML editors and parsers
To become familiar with the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System product, read the following documentation:
N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 System Administration Guide
N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plan and Component Developer’s Guide
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.
The docs.sun.comSM 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.
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.
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.] |
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 |
# |