Working with the Software Development Kit (SDK)
The Software Development Kit (SDK) provides a stable, clearly defined layer of APIs for enhancing standard WorldServer features and for integrating WorldServer with other custom or third-party applications.
- About the WorldServer SDK
By using the WorldServer SDK, you can implement and manage your own extensions in-house. In other words, you can have complete control over WorldServer customizations. - About installing the WorldServer SDK
You can find the SDK installation archive in the WorldServer distribution kit. The archive contains the following: the libraries that you need to create and compile SDK applications, Java documentation for the SDK, additional documentation, and sample code that illustrates how to create WorldServer SDK applications. - SDK samples
You can use the sample tools and components included in the samples directory to find out how to make the most of the WorldServer SDK. - SDK services and features
The following services are supported primarily through the APIs of the WorldServer SDK. Many of them, however, are also exposed through web services. You can also create custom web services in the SDK, which gives you great flexibility in integrating with WorldServer. - Architecture overview
An overview of the WorldServer environment, components, objects, modules, and services that you can access with the SDK. - Creating and deploying custom access modules
Custom access modules are programs or components that have been developed by using the WorldServer SDK. You can create two types of custom access modules: external service modules and component modules. - Components supported by the WorldServer SDK
A brief description of the components supported by the SDK. Most of the content that might be relevant for developers is provided in the package and object-level Java documentation. The SDK also includes documented samples for each supported component. - Other objects that you can configure
You can configure several types of non-component objects both through the WorldServer user interface and externally, through the components archive. - Resources for web services
An overview of the SDK components that make up the web service resources. - Sample tools and components for customizing web services
An overview of the sample tools and components that provide models for customizing web services.