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<h1 class="topictitle1">APIs for the Integrated Language Environment</h1>
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<div><p>The Integrated
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Language Environment<sup>®</sup> (ILE) model is a set of tools and associated system
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support designed to enhance program development on a system.</p>
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<p>Bindable ILE APIs are independent from the high-level languages. This can
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be useful when mixed languages are involved.</p>
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<p>The ILE APIs provide functions such as:</p>
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<ul><li>Dynamic screen management (DSM)</li>
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<li>National language support</li>
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<li>Mail server framework</li>
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<li>Problem management</li>
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<li>Programming and control language (CL)</li>
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<li>Registration facility</li>
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<li>Source debugger</li>
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</ul>
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<p>ILE APIs use the following naming conventions:</p>
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<ul><li>Start with the letter Q.</li>
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<li>Are followed by a 2- or 3-character internal component identifier.</li>
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<li>Can be up to 30 characters.</li>
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<li>Are case sensitive.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>ILE service programs (*SRVPGM) use the following naming conventions:</p>
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<ul><li>Start with the letter Q.</li>
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<li>Are followed by a 2- or 3-character internal component identifier.</li>
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<li>Are limited to 8 characters.</li>
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<li>Are uppercase.</li>
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<p>Integrated
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Language Environment (ILE) APIs are contained within service programs
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that the calling program binds to. In addition, some ILE APIs provide a program
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interface for the original program model (OPM) languages. You can usually
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distinguish between the *SRVPGM interface and the *PGM interface by the name
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of the API. For example, the registration facility APIs provide both a program
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and a service program entry point (procedure) interface. For the Register
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Exit Point API, the service program entry point interface is named QusRegisterExitPoint
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and the program interface is named QUSRGPT. A bindable procedure name can
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be up to 30 characters and mixed uppercase and lowercase. A program interface
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name can be up to 8 characters and is all uppercase.</p>
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<p>A binding directory is used for ILE APIs that are contained in service
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programs. A <em>binding directory</em> is a list of names of modules and service
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programs that provides a reference by name and type. Service programs that
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contain ILE APIs are in the QUSAPIBD binding directory. This binding directory
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is implicitly used by ILE compilers to resolve the ILE API references; therefore,
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it is not necessary to explicitly name the service program or the API binding
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directory when creating programs that use ILE APIs. If you provide your own
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APIs with the same name, make sure that you also provide your own binding
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directory or service program.</p>
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<p>Most APIs (ILE and non-ILE) have a header file supplied by <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span>.
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These header files reside in the optionally installable library QSYSINC. The
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header files provide the prototypes for the API as well as define any structures
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that are used by the API. The QSYSINC library is used by the ILE C compiler
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to search for header files; therefore, it is not necessary to specify a library
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qualifier for any header files that reside in the QSYSINC library. When coding
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in ILE C, remember to enclose the header file name in less-than (<) and
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greater-than (>) symbols because this affects how the library list is processed
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in locating the header file.</p>
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<p>It is typical for an API that is not retrieving information not to return
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any output to the caller other than the error code parameter. If an error
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did not occur when using APIs, the requested function completed successfully.</p>
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<p>The presentation of the ILE APIs is similar to that of the OPM APIs.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="conEnvironment.htm" title="This topic introduces the operating environments that i5/OS APIs exist on a system.">API environments</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="cmnCommon.htm" title="API names contain verbs that are similar to the i5/OS licensed program: change, create, remove, and retrieve.">API information format</a></div>
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<div><a href="ileScenario.htm" title="The example APIs in this section represent two general functions of APIs--change and retrieve.">Scenario: Integrated Language Environment (ILE) APIs</a></div>
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