API Reference Manual

EAServer

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This book, the EAServer API Reference Manual, contains reference pages for EAServer proprietary Java classes, C++ classes, ActiveX interfaces, and C routines. EAServer also supports many standard Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and CORBA APIs. For information on these, see:

• The EAServer Programmer's Guide for usage information.
• The relevant standards document for API reference information. For J2EE standards documents, please see the Sun Microsystems J2EE Web pages . For CORBA standards documentation, please see the Object Management Group (OMG) Web site .

Audience

This book is written as a reference for developers of EAServer applications. Developers should know their development language and programming tools.

How to use this book

Chapter 1, "Java Classes and Interfaces" documents EAServer's Java classes and interfaces. You will need this information to implement Java components or Java clients.

Chapter 2, "ActiveX C++ Interface Reference" documents EAServer's ActiveX C++ interfaces. You will need this information to implement ActiveX components using C++.

Chapter 3, "ActiveX IDispatch Interface Reference" documents EAServer's ActiveX automation interfaces. You will need this information to implement ActiveX components using IDEs that use ActiveX automation such as PowerBuilder.

Chapter 4, "ActiveX Client Interfaces" documents the interfaces that ActiveX clients use to process result sets returned by a component method invocation.

Chapter 5, "C Routines Reference" documents EAServer's C library routines. You will need this information to implement C components.

Appendix A, "EAServer 1.1 Java Classes and Interfaces" documents the EAServer version 1.1 Java client APIs. New client development using these APIs is discouraged. For new development, use the standard EJB or CORBA interfaces as described in the EAServer Programmer's Guide.

Conventions

The formatting conventions used in this manual are:

Related documents

Core EAServer documentation The core EAServer documents are available in HTML format in your EAServer software installation, and in PDF and DynaText format on the EAServer 4.0 Technical Library CD.

The EAServer Installation Guide for your platform explains how to install the EAServer software.

What's New in EAServer 4.0 summarizes new functionality in this version.

The EAServer Feature Guide explains application server concepts and architecture, such as components, transactions, and Web applications. This book also explains how to use the optional EAServer products such as:

• Application Integrator for CICS, which allows EAServer components to execute CICS programs on a mainframe
• Application Integrator for Stored Procedures, which allow you to quickly integrate database stored procedures into component-based applications
• Adaptive Server® Anywhere, a full featured, easy to use, transactional database management system
• PowerDynamo™, which you can use for PowerBuilder® Web DataWindow® support

• Create, deploy, and configure components and component-based applications
• Create, deploy, and configure Web applications, Java servlets, and Java Server Pages
• Use the industry-standard CORBA and Java APIs supported by EAServer

The EAServer System Administration Guide explains how to:

• Start the preconfigured Jaguar server and manage it with the Jaguar Manager plug-in for Sybase Central
• Create, configure, and start new application servers
• Define connection caches
• Create clusters of application servers to host load-balanced and highly available components and Web applications
• Monitor servers and application components
• Automate administration and monitoring tasks with command-line tools or the Repository API
• Create embedded EAServer installations

EAServer Security Administration and Programming Guide explains how to:

• Understand the EAServer security architecture
• Configure role-based security for components and Web applications
• Configure SSL certificate-based security for client connections using the Security Manager plug-in for Sybase Central
• Implement custom security services for authentication, authorization, and role membership evaluation
• Implement secure HTTP and IIOP client applications
• Deploy client applications that connect through Internet proxies and firewalls

The EAServer Cookbook contains tutorials and explains how to use the sample applications included with your EAServer software.

The EAServer API Reference Manual contains reference pages for proprietary EAServer Java classes, ActiveX interfaces, and C routines. This document is available only online.

PowerDynamo documents PowerDynamo documents are available in PDF and DynaText format on the EAServer 4.0 Technical Library CD and in HTML format in the PowerDynamo software installation.

Application Integrator documents Application Integrator documents are available in HTML format in your EAServer software installation, and in DynaText and PDF format on the EAServer 4.0 Technical Library CD.

Adaptive Server Anywhere documents EAServer includes a limited-license version of Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0. PowerDynamo requires Adaptive Server Anywhere, as do many of the samples included with your EAServer software. Adaptive Server Anywhere documents are available on the EAServer 4.0 Technical Library CD.

jConnect for JDBC documents EAServer includes the jConnect for JDBC driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase database servers and gateways. The jConnect for JDBC Programmer's Guide is included on the EAServer 4.0 Technical Library CD.

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