Introduction

ObjectAPI is an interface specification to describe the boundaries of your software modules in an object format.

ObjectAPI sees the world as a set of object interfaces organizes in module. A module is encapsulated in one ObjectAPI document.

The specification describes the details how to write such a ObjectAPI document.

Version 0.1.0

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

The ObjectAPI Specification is copyrighted by ApiGear UG, all rights reserved.

Introduction

The ObjectAPI specification is a project used to describe and document object oriented APIs across languages and technologies.

The ObjectAPI specification defines a set of files required to describe such an API. These files can then be used to create utilities, such as documentation, integration and/or testing tools.

The ObjectAPI Specification is often used to describe the interface between software modules or inter-process communication (IPC) in distributed systems built using a object oriented programming API. The ObjectAPI recommends to split APIs into smaller modules with loose coupling.

The documents describe an API module and its interfaces and data structures.

Revision History

Version 0.2

• Initial ObjectAPI specification
• Simplified the ObjectAPI document format

Definitions

• System : A system is a collection of modules, which describe a coherent set of APIs on the same layer.
• Module : A module describes a name spaced collection of API symbols, such as interfaces, structures, enumerations. There exists one module per file.
• Interface: A interface is a description of a named object with properties, operations and signals.
• Structure: A structure is a data type with fields describing the data structure. A structure has no operations or signals.
• Enumeration: An enumeration is a enumerated integer type with a set of named values.