API and Third party tools ?

Hi,
its not exactly a java related. I need some help regarding understanding of API and Third party tools.
can anyone give me defination and example of API and THIRD PARTY TOOLS. Also, is API a THIRD PARTY TOOL ?
Please help me in understanding it properly.
Thanks

Hi,
Hmm.. program code a can be a third party tool, but what you describe is normally not called a tool, but rather a third party library.
Lets have an example.
Lets say that I'm building an IDE, and with my IDE I also deliver Ant and JUnit. Both Ant and JUnit are tools that haven't been developed by me, they are third party tools.
When I develop my IDE I want others to be able to write addins/plugins for it. So I provide an API that lets other call functions within the IDE.
/Kaj

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       3.      You use API RSB_API_OHS_DEST_SETPARAMS to define the parameters for the third-party tool that are required for the extraction.
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       5.      When the extraction process is finished, the system sends a notification to the third-party tool using API RSB_API_OHS_3RDPARTY_NOTIFY.
       6.      The extracted data is read by API RSB_API_OHS_DEST_READ_DATA.
       7.      The status of the extraction is transferred to the monitor by API RSB_API_OHS_REQUEST_SETSTATUS.

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Extraction to the third-party tool can be executed as follows:
       1.      You define an open hub destination with Third-Party Tool as the destination type.
       2.      You create an RFC destination for your third-party tool and enter it in the definition of the open hub destination.
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       4.      You either start extraction immediately or include it in a process chain. You can also start this process chain from the third-party tool using process chain API RSPC_API_CHAIN_START. The extraction process then writes the data to a database table in the BI system.
       5.      When the extraction process is finished, the system sends a notification to the third-party tool via API RSB_API_OHS_3RDPARTY_NOTIFY.
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