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IBM System i APIs At Work 2nd Edition
This is a monster of a book written by a giant of an expert. In this 700+ page book, API expert Bruce Vining puts the definitive API resource in your hands. While APIs are powerful tools used to solve business problems, the amount of detail needed to implement them is more than the business programmer usually knows. You may be familiar with the use
of APIs but are you taking full advantage of them in your application coding? This second edition of the previously best-selling first edition is your guide to making sense, and effectively mastering, the APIs available with System i.
Author Bruce Vining is a member of the Rochester Design Control Group in IBM where he is responsible for the design and implementation of all System i APIs. Who better to explain a wide variety of APIs including list APIs, APIs that work with user spaces, APIs to retrieve system values, job information and job queue information APIs, APIs to work with data queues, APIs for error handling and message handling, spool file APIs, and many more? Each chapter is full of real business-world examples that you can modify and use in your own environment.
In recent years, the business world has realized the impact information systems have on business effectiveness. As a result, programmers like yourself are now expected to use high-level encryption to store sensitive information, to write interfaces between Microsoft Windows and System i RPG applications, and to integrate business applications with the Web. Let this book show you how you can use APIs to do all of this and more. You will come to realize that APIs are one of the most powerful tools in your programming toolbox. And with this book on your desk, you'll be able to make the most out of them.
New for this edition:
* New chapters covering topics such as exit point concepts, Integrated File System, date and time, cryptographic services, TCP/IP, and more
* Sorting, character data conversion, and user application information APIs are
* covered in depth
* Fully updated code on previous APIs to bring them up to newer standards
* Changes to the API itself since the previous edition have been completely updated
* Modernized RPG code to demonstrate the current coding style
* An Appendix with COBOL examples and implementation including API equivalents for RPG support of memory management, bit testing, edit words, and more
* Check Your Knowledge tasks at the conclusion of each chapter with solutions provided in RPG and COBOL
Chapter 1: API Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Retrieve APIs
Chapter 3: List APIs
Chapter 4: Command Processing APIs
Chapter 5: Object APIs
Chapter 6: Data Queue APIs
Chapter 7: Database File APIs
Chapter 8: Date and Time APIs
Chapter 9: Character Conversion APIs
Chapter 10: Message APIs
Chapter 11: Encryption APIs
Chapter 12: Security APIs
Chapter 13: Work Management APIs
Chapter 14: Integrated File System APIs
Chapter 15: Socket APIs
Chapter 16: Odds & Ends
Appendix A: About the CD-ROM
Appendix B: ILE APIs
Appendix C: COBOL APIs
Appendix D: Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions
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