The following describes the GUIs and APIs that you can use to interact with CentraSite.
The following are the user interfaces you use to interact with CentraSite:
CentraSite Control
CentraSite Control is the primary graphical user interface for
CentraSite. It is browser-based and provides access to CentraSite's full
range of features and capabilities.
If you are an administrator, you use CentraSite Control to manage user accounts, user groups and roles.
If you are an enterprise architect or an analyst, you use CentraSite Control to manage policies, generate reports and define new asset types.
If you are a developer, you use CentraSite Control to search the catalog for assets that you want to use and to publish assets that you create.
For information about accessing CentraSite using CentraSite Control, see Using the CentraSite Control User Interface.
The CentraSite Plug-Ins for Eclipse
CentraSite provides a set of plug-ins for the Eclipse Java IDE.
These plug-ins enable developers to publish and retrieve assets directly from
their development environment. The plug-ins also provide the tools you use to
define reports that run against the CentraSite registry database. For more
information about using the CentraSite plug-ins for Eclipse, see
Using the CentraSite Plug-Ins for
Eclipse.
The CentraSite Business User Interface
The CentraSite Business User Interface allows occasional users and
non-technical users to quickly and simply access CentraSite's features.
The following are the user interfaces you can use to interact with CentraSite:
The CentraSite API for JAXR
The CentraSite API for JAXR (Java API for XML Registries) supports
the Java EE interface and enables you to develop Java programs that interact
with the CentraSite registry. For more information about using this API, see
the document CentraSite API for JAXR.
The UDDI API
The UDDI API enables you to interact with CentraSite using the UDDI
services (e.g., the Publish, Inquiry and Security services). For more
information about using the UDDI services with CentraSite, see the document
Access via UDDI.
The CentraSite API for XQJ
The CentraSite API for XQJ (XQuery API for Java) enables you to
create Java programs that use XQuery to query the CentraSite registry. For
more information about using XQJ with CentraSite, see the document
CentraSite API for XQJ.
The CentraSite API for JMX
The monitoring and management functions provided by the System Management Hub are
exposed for the Java Management eXtensions API (JMX). Using this interface
enables you to monitor and manage CentraSite via JMX-based management tools.
For more information about using this API, see the document
CentraSite Java Management Interface.
