Appendix A Application Programming Interfaces and Protocols

This appendix lists the application programming interfaces (APIs) and protocols you can use for application development. The Open Telecommunications Platform release supports both industry standard interfaces, such as POSIX, CORBA, and SNMP, as well as Sun proprietary interfaces such as PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules), RMAPI (Resource Management API) and others that are not yet part of any standards body.

OTP Application Programming Interfaces

The following table lists the APIs included in the Open Telecommunications Platform release.

Interfaces are categorized according to the following definitions:

• Standard. These interfaces are defined by various standards bodies and their implementation is provided by one or more of the OTP components. These interfaces are guaranteed to be supported for the life of the OTP product or the life of the standards, whichever ends first.

• Committed. These interfaces are provided by OTP components, but do not have a standard definition by a standards body. These interfaces are guaranteed to be supported for the life of the OTP product.

Use the links in the last column in the table that follows to find information about these APIs.

OTP Protocols

The following table lists the protocols supported by OTP, and are categorized within the table according to the following definitions:

• Standard. These protocols are defined by various standards bodies and their implementation is provided by one or more of the OTP components. These protocols are guaranteed to be supported for the life of the OTP product or the life of the standards, whichever ends first.

• Committed. These protocols are provided by OTP components, but do not have a standard definition by a standards body. These protocols are guaranteed to be supported for the life of the OTP product.