Development Toolkit Overview(3.0)
The Development Toolkit makes it possible to build the following plugins for the standardÂ
 Platform:Agent Plugins - for creating customized agents
APL Plugins - for creating customized APL functions
Event Plugins - for creating customized events
Notifier Plugins - for creating customized notifiers
Desktop Plugins - for creating customized menu options and dialogs
UDR Plugins - for creating customized UDRs
Ultra Plugins - for creating customized decoders
Workflow Service Plugins - for creating customized workflow services
DTK Contents
The Development Toolkit contains:
DTK classes in devkit.jar
Class documentation in Javadoc
Java class documentation for J2SE DTK
Example source code
DTK user's guide
Packages
The following packages are available for com.digitalroute.devkit
:
Package | Description |
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| Provides support for creating APL plugin functions. |
| Used to create, manipulate and view UDR descriptions within . |
| Provides the definition of a  event as well as the event and target used in Event Notification configurations. |
| Provides  exception classes. |
| Contains Ultra field plugin support classes. |
| Contains all workflow related functionalities, for example, agent development, services, MIM usage, and Swing widget for MIM selection. |
| Contains classes for the specific FNTUDR and MultiForwardingUDR. |
| Provides interfaces defining a  storable. |
| Provides for configuration upgrade. |
| Contains miscellaneous classes, for example, environment interfaces that are used by the plugins to call . |
| Contains classes with support for adding online user documentation. |
Filesystem Structure
When DTK is installed according to the instructions in Installation and Setup(3.0), the following files and folders are created in the $MZ_HOME/dtk
folder:
Item | Description |
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| Contains source code for the reference implementations shipped with DTK. The examples can be used as a base for developing custom made  plugins. |
| Contains the DTK JavaDoc including documentation of all DTK classes and interfaces. |
| Contains the plugin examples available in DTK JavaDoc. |
| Contains DTK library file(s) needed for building  plugins. |