This guide explains how to extend Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM) through standard Java practices using Oracle Communications Design Studio, which is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment. This guide includes references to both applications, and often directs the reader to see the Design Studio Help and the UIM Help for instructions on how to perform specific tasks.
This guide includes information about the UIM entity managers. This guide also includes the list of Java managers which provide UIM's NFV Orchestration functionality. Similar to extending UIM and using the UIM APIs, the information in this guide applies to extending the NFV Orchestration functionality as well.
This guide should be read after reading UIM Concepts, because this guide assumes that the reader has a working knowledge of UIM architecture and concepts. This guide should be read from start to finish because the information presented in a chapter often builds upon information presented in a preceding chapter.
This guide includes examples of typical development code used in given situations. The guidelines and examples may not be applicable in every situation.
This guide is intended for developers who implement code to extend UIM. The developers should have a good working knowledge of XML and Java development and, in particular, JPA, standard Java practices, and J2EE principles. In working with the NFV Orchestration functionality, this guide assumes you have a working knowledge of NFV concepts.
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management documentation set:
UIM Installation Guide: Describes the requirements for installing UIM, installation procedures, and postinstallation tasks.
UIM System Administrator's Guide: Describes administrative tasks such as working with cartridges and cartridge packs, maintaining security, managing the database, configuring Oracle Map Viewer, and troubleshooting.
UIM Security Guide: Provides guidelines and recommendations for setting up UIM in a secure configuration.
UIM Concepts: Provides an overview of important concepts and an introduction to using both UIM and Design Studio.
UIM Developer's Guide: Explains how to customize and extend many aspects of UIM, including the data model, life-cycle management, topology, security, rulesets, user interface, and localization.
UIM Web Services Developer's Guide: Describes the UIM Service Fulfillment Web Service operations and how to use them, and describes how to create custom web services.
UIM Information Model Reference: Describes the UIM information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities. This is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud under ”Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management Developer Documentation.”
Oracle Communications Information Model Reference: Describes the Oracle Communications information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities. The information described in this reference is common across all Oracle Communications products. This is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud under ”Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management Developer Documentation.”
UIM Cartridge Guide: Provides information about how you use cartridges and cartridge packs with UIM. Describes the content of the base cartridges.
UIM NFV Orchestration Implementation Guide: Provides information about the NFV Orchestration functional module and includes how to you install, use, and extend this functionality. This guide also provides reference information for the NFV Orchestration RESTful APIs.
For step-by-step instructions for performing tasks, log in to each application to see the following:
Design Studio Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in Design Studio.
UIM Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in UIM.
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