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.

 

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


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


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.


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


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