This tutorial module describes CM API Providers and shows you how
to use the CM API Provider interfaces to work with ClearQuest® resources such as databases,
records, queries, and fields.
After you have set up your system to use the Rational® CM API, and imported the required
interfaces, you must get a Provider, for a specific product to work with the
resources in the product repository, such as a Rational ClearQuest user database.
Learning objectives
After completing the
lessons in this module you will understand the concepts and know how to do
the following:
- Understand the set of Rational CM API providers
- Learn how to write Java™ code to get a Rational CM API provider
- Learn how to use the provider to work with Rational ClearQuest resources
- Learn how to get a list of accessible user databases
Time required
This module should take approximately
30 minutes to complete.
Prerequisites
Follow the set up instructions
and information about required Rational CM API interfaces, as described
in the previous module.