Overview of the ODK API

The Object Discovery Agent Development Kit (ODK) Application Programming Interface (API) includes class libraries that you need to use when developing an Object Discovery Agent (ODA). This ODK API contains predefined classes for ODAs. You use these class libraries to derive ODA classes and methods. The ODK API also provides utilities, such as methods to implement tracing and logging services.

IBM provides a Java jar file (Java archive file), CwODK.jar, that contains the predefined classes and interfaces of the ODK API. This jar file resides in the lib subdirectory of the product directory.

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For instructions on building an ODA to run on Windows 2000, see Compiling the ODA.

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