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Appendix B ADM API Tutorial

Bulk API

TheBulkAPIprovidesyouwiththepossibilityofqueryingtheADMwithmoresophisticatedfilters,and

browsingtheresultsetbymeansofpagination.Theresultsaredeliveredinsubsets(pages)ofapredefined

sizeandformattedinXMLCIM.ThisAPIisintendedforthosecaseswhereanapplication

intendstobrowse

onfinely‐filteredsegmentoftheADMʹsdata.

The Bulk API works as follows

1 Createthefilterobjectandselectthelevelofgranularityoftheresults.

2 Callquery( )withthefilterobjectandobtainthetaskUUIDinstringform.

3AfterthetaskisFINISHED,youcanretrievethemaximumamountof

pagesavailableinthisresultsetby

callinggetPageAmount( ).

4Atthismoment,thereisaniteratorinADMthatyoucancontrolbythefollowingcalls,andtheresults

retrievedfromthem:

a hasNextPage( )

b getNextPage()

5Afterfinishingretrievalofallthedatawiththespecificquery,youmustcallcloseQuery() toreleaseall



resourcesassociatedwiththisquery.

Web Services API

ThepreferredmethodtoaccessADMʹsAPIisthroughthewebservicesAPI,whichprovidesfora

standardizedwayofcommunicationandhighinteroperability.ThisAPIisnotlockedinagivenprogramming

language.

ADMoffersadescriptionoftheAPIinamachine‐readabledocumentformattedinWebServices

Description

Language(WSDL).Withthisdocument,automatedtoolsavailableforthepopularprogramminglanguages

cancreatethelow‐levelcodenecessarytoaccesstransparentlythefunctionalityprovidedbytheADM.

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