Workflow to use the XML API

Stages

The following is the sequence of high-level actions required to establish a connection to the XML API.

 
1 

Ensure that the NFM-P is operational and that the license key supports the use of the XML API.


2 

Develop an understanding of the information model and the XML message structure. See Chapter 7, XML API information model overview .


3 

Determine whether the OSS application is request-response driven, acts as a passive event listener, or both. See OSS client interfaces for an overview of each approach.


4 

To communicate using JMS, see  Chapter 4, Event monitoring using JMS .


5 

To communicate using XML, see  Chapter 5, XML requests .