Preface


The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Developer's Guide gives a brief overview of the PeopleSoft connector and explains how to write the servlet or Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) applications. The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Developer's Guide is written for application programmers who develop internet or intranet applications for the PeopleSoft back-end system.

This preface contains information about the following topics:

• Prerequisites

• What's in This Guide

• Document Conventions

• Guide Online

• Related Information

Prerequisites

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This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:

• iPlanet Application Server programming concepts

• The Internet and World Wide Web

• PeopleSoft programming concepts

• Java programming language and Java servlets

• Enterprise JavaBeans

What's in This Guide

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The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Developer's Guide covers the information you need to know to write servlets or EJBs using the Unified Integration Framework and the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft to access the PeopleSoft back end.

The following table lists a short summary of what each chapter covers.

Chapter	Contents
Chapter 1 "Overview"	Concepts you should understand before you set up iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft or use the API.
Chapter 2 "Viewing the Repository Contents"	Contains the procedure for acquiring UIF objects and executing functions. Also, describes how to use the management console to view and change your Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft configuration, load files into the repository, and edit files.
Chapter 3 "Working With Data Objects"	Contains the procedure for acquiring UIF objects and executing functions. Also, describes how to use the management console to view and change your Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft configuration, load files into the repository, and edit files.
Chapter 4 "Programming Examples"	Gives a simple sample application and examples of code that can be used to set up the PeopleSoft connector. Contains details instructions for building the Message Definition that is needed to run the sample application.
Appendix A "Error Messages"	This lists the error messages and their codes. It also includes a sample of the error handling code that should be used by the servlet developer.

Document Conventions

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This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.port/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of server on which you run your application; port is your Internet domain number; path is the directory name on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.

Guide Online

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You can find the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Developer's Guide online in PDF and HTML formats. To locate these files, use the following URL:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/

Related Information

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In addition to this guide, there is additional information for administrators, end users and developers. Use the following URL to view the related documentation:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/ias.html

These are additional documents that are available:

The following lists the documents that are available:

• iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide

• iPlanet Web Server Developer's Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Administrator's Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Installation Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Overview Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Release Notes

• iPlanet Application Server Administrator's Guide

• iPlanet Application Builder User's Guide

• iPlanet Application Builder Installation Guide

• iPlanet Application Builder Release Notes

• Unified Integration Framework (UIF) Release Notes

• Unified Integration Framework (UIF) Developer's Guide)