Who should read this publication

This publication provides information about how to add functionality to HCL Workload Automation products by creating Java™ plug-ins.

The reader of this book should be an application programmer expert in Java, who has a reasonable understanding of the HCL Workload Automation infrastructure and its inter-component interactions. Alternatively, it should be the manager of such a person, who wants to better understand what you can achieve using plug-ins.

The publication assumes that the application programmer is experienced at creating and working with plug-ins and Java. It also assumes that any product knowledge required to program the API or the web services interface is obtained from the product documentation. This publication does not attempt to explain any of the HCL Workload Automation concepts, procedures, and practices to which it refers.

This book also contains information useful to the IT administrator and the HCL Workload Automation IT administrator, for planning purposes.