Preparing your environment to use the API
Complete these steps to prepare your environment for using
the APIs.
Procedure
- Verify that the System Requirements are
met.
- Verify that your operating system is supported.
- Verify that your JDK is compatible.
- Verify the Rational® Publishing Engine installation:
- Verify that the RPE_HOME/config directory exists and contains configuration files.
- Verify that the RPE_HOME/utils directory exists and contains utility files.
- Verify that you have Rational Publishing Engine configured for the client applications. A license is consumed while the document generation is in process and the process fails if a license is not found.
- Optional: Install a Java™ IDE for building your application. You can download a free Eclipse IDE from http://www.eclipse.org/ that can be used for Java development.
- Creating a Java project for the API
Create a Java project and copy the library files into the project. - Initializing and preparing the Java API
Before you begin configuring document specifications and generating documents, you must initialize the Java API and select a logging method. - Class and artifact reference for the Java API
Review the classes and artifacts that are commonly used in the Rational Publishing Engine API.
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