Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Plug-in Development Guide

Preface

The Sun N1^TM Service Provisioning System 5.2 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
The N1 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 the N1 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, Extending an Application-Specific Plug-In describes the guidelines and processes that you use to extend a plug-in.

Chapter 4, Using the Application Programming Interfaces 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

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	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. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


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