Overview

What Is the Rules Programming Interface?

The Object Integration Gateway rules programming interface, or RPI, is the standard interface by which you access the Gateway rules engine.

Object Integration Gateway is designed to provide a relatively easy way to create sophisticated web applications, rapidly, without writing any code. The main development tool, the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI, is easy to use, yet powerful. With the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI, you can build complex functionality into your web application. And when you need to develop specialized functionality that goes beyond what can be achieved strictly within the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI, you must work directly with the Gateway rules programming interface.

Working with the RPI

Working with the rules programming interface means writing rules, or modifying existing rules, to achieve the functionality you need. Basically, rules are the native programming instructions for the Object Integration Gateway rules engine. Rules tell the Gateway rules engine what tasks to perform, such as what data to access from which database tables, and what to do with the data.

To write or modify rules, you use the same tool you use to define data tables: the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI.

What You Need to Know to Work with the RPI

Before you can work with the rules programming interface, you need to know how to perform tasks such as defining tables and editing rules in the TIBCO Object Service Broker environment.

What Reference Material Is Provided?

The following table describes the manuals to use when you are programming the Object Integration Gateway rules interface. You access these manuals from our web site at http://support.tibco.com/ .


Topic	Manual
Defining and managing your data.	TIBCO Object Service Broker Managing External Data
Rules language statements and language usage.	TIBCO Object Service Broker Programming in Rules
Re-usable, shareable code for data and definition manipulation.	TIBCO Object Service Broker Shareable Tools