Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Extending the CARMA plug-in

The Rational Developer for System z CARMA plug-in has been designed for extensibility so you can easily add custom actions. By extending the Rational Developer for System z CARMA plug-in, you can leverage many of the built-in features of CARMA. Alternatively, you can make use of only the core API functionality to develop your own user interface for accessing a CARMA host.

For most purposes, extending the Rational Developer for System z CARMA plug-in should be sufficient, which has the following advantages over creating your own user interface:

If you would like to extend the Rational Developer for System z CARMA plug-in and are new to IBM Rational Developer for System z plug-in development, you may want to refer to the Eclipse Platform Plug-in Developer Guide. If you would instead like to create your own user interface for CARMA using the core API, refer to the Rational Developer for System z CARMA plug-in API specification.

Before you begin development, you should understand the architecture of CARMA. For additional information, see CARMA architecture.


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