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Oracle® OLAP Java API Developer's Guide
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10795-01
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A Setting Up the Development Environment

This appendix describes the development environment for creating applications that use the OLAP Java API.

This appendix includes the following topics:

Overview

The OLAP Java API client software is a set of Java packages containing classes that implement the programming interface to Oracle OLAP. An Oracle Database with the OLAP option provides the OLAP Java API and other required class libraries as Java archive (JAR) files. As an application developer, you must copy the required JAR files to the computer on which you develop your Java application, or otherwise make them accessible to your development environment.

When a Java application calls methods of OLAP Java API objects, it uses the OLAP Java API client software to communicate with Oracle OLAP, which resides within an Oracle Database instance. The communication between the OLAP Java API client software and Oracle OLAP is provided through the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API, which is a standard Java interface for connecting to relational databases. Another required JAR file provides support for importing and exporting OLAP Java API metadata objects XML.

To use the OLAP Java API classes as you develop your application, import them into your Java code. When you deliver your application to users, include the OLAP Java API classes with the application. You must also ensure that users can access JDBC.

To develop an OLAP Java API application, you must have the Java Development Kit (JDK), such as one in Oracle JDeveloper or one from Sun Microsystems. Users must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) whose version number is compatible with the JDK that you used for development.

Required Class Libraries

Your application development environment must have the following files:

Obtaining the Class Libraries

Table A-1 lists the OLAP Java API and other JAR files that you must include in your application development environment. The table includes the locations of the files under the directory identified by the ORACLE_HOME environment variable on the system on which the Oracle Database is installed. You can copy these files to your application development computer, or otherwise include them in your development environment.

Table A-1 Required Class Libraries and Their Locations in the Oracle Installation

Class Library jar File Location under ORACLE_HOME

olap_api.jar

/olap/api/lib

ojdbc5jar

/jdbc/lib

xmlparserv2.jar

/lib