Using the administration API
Each Java™ application that uses the administration API must perform certain tasks necessary for API initialization, shut down, and error handling. The administration API provides methods for each of these tasks.
Administration objects Each Verify Identity Access administration object that can be manipulated directly from a Java application is represented by a corresponding Java class. This section describes the administration objects.Common classes This section describes class used for both administration and authorization methods.Establishing a security context After initializing the administration API, you must create an SSL connection between the Java application and the Verify Identity Access policy server. Manipulating administration objects Each Java class, which represents an administration object, provides static methods to create, list, modify, and delete objects stored on the Verify Identity Access policy server.Messages All constructors, static methods, and instance methods have an output parameter consisting of a PDMessages object. This section describes the attributes of a PDMessages object.Handling errors All constructors, instance methods, and static methods generate a PDException exception when an error or unexpected event occurs. This exception contains a PDMessages object that contains one or more PDMessages objects.Character-based data considerations Character-based data, such as user IDs and passwords, are stored and manipulated as strings of Unicode characters by the Java classes and methods. PDContext application design considerations This section explains some aspects of PDContext application design to consider.