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TheCisco Broadband Access Center (BAC) API Reference and Programmer Guide provides detailed instructions to client programmers on how to use the Cisco Broadband Access Center application programming interface (API) to build custom client applications. Code examples illustrate many BAC concepts.
The Cisco Broadband Access Center API Reference and Programmer Guide is intended to be a technical source for client programmers who develop custom IP network provisioning applications using the BAC API.
Users should have an advanced level of understanding of Internet network design, operation, and terminology, and should be familiar with Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software and its commands.
Users of the guide should also be familiar with CORBA and the Interface Definition Language (IDL), as defined by the Object Management Group (OMG), and with either the Java or C++ programming language. In addition, they should have a working knowledge of the Extensible Markup Language (XML).
This book is organized as follows:
"Overview," provides an overview of the BAC API, system requirements, information about a Cisco support program for developers, and information about profile-based provisioning.
"Creating a Client Application,"provides information on how to produce a client application.
"inv_mgr.idl" provides information about the Inventory module.
"ServiceProvisioning.idl," encapsulates the interface ProvisionMgr and related data structures needed for a service request.
"ProfileUtility.idl,"provides information about the ProfileUtility module.
"SPMErrors.idl", provides a list of the error codes for the Service Provisioning Manager module.
"CSTM_Extern.idl,"provides information about CSTM_External.
"CSTM_Common.idl,"provides information about common definitions.
"cns.idl", provides information about the cns.idl security module.
"CommonDefinition.idl," defines common data types and data structures to be used across all IDL modules.
"ProfileAdmin.idl," defines interfaces that allows users to create, delete, get, and modify groups and profiles.
"SecurityService.idl," provides a security token structure that is used for all IDL calls.
"Building Service Requests"gives an example of user application.
The following documents are companion documents to Cisco Broadband Access Center API Reference and Programmer Guide and comprise the Cisco Broadband Access Center documentation set:
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