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NN42020-123 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 4.0 4.0 January 2006
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OPI authorizes each request to verify the incoming credentials have the
appropriate role to perform the given action.
Provisioning Interface
The following list is a summary of the provisioning object types
contained within the WSDL. Detailed information on the provisioning
objects and their types can be found in the WSDL file.
• Simple Types:
— Boolean
— Byte
— Double
— Float
— Integer
— Long
— Short
— String
• Complex types (Domain, User, Route, etc..)
• "Type[] = Array of Type (i.e. String[] = Array of Strings)
• Method summaries consist of method description with return type
• Return type of void implies no response
This document does not cover the various actions that can be
performed through the OPI interface. Nor is it intended to cover in detail
what affect these changes make to the MCS system, but rather to give
an overview of the OPI the interface. The Provisioning Client User
Guide (NN42020-105) details provisionable entities and their role in the
MCS system. In addition, the MCS Bulk Provisioning Tool Reference
Guide (NN42020-501) lists the provisioning methods available using
the Bulk Provisioning Tool (BPT) command line. The BPT also uses the
OPI interface.
Success indication on remove methods
Some OPI Interface methods, that provide the ability to remove data,
return indication of success even though the data did not pre-exist in the
database. This mirrors the functionality of the database. Basically, a
success indication for a "remove" OPI Interface method indicates that
the associated data no longer exists in the database.
When possible, OPI Interface methods provide additional indication (in
the form of an error message) regarding specific data elements