Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Plug-in Development Guide

Preface

The Sun N1^TM Service Provisioning System 5.1 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 Sun N1 Service Provisioning System (N1 SPS) software. These readers should be familiar with the following items:

Networking and data center environments
TheN1 SPS 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 theN1 SPS product, read the following documentation:

How This Book Is Organized

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

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Description
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`	Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents
Support and Training	`http://www.sun.com/supportraining/`	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses

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`	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	`#`