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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:17:27 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:17:27 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/user_VirtualBoxAPI.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/user_VirtualBoxAPI.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..67eebb30 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/user_VirtualBoxAPI.xml @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + + This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as + available from https://www.virtualbox.org. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the + License. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>. + + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only +--> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[ +<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent"> +%all.entities; +]> +<chapter id="VirtualBoxAPI"> + + <title>&product-name; Programming Interfaces</title> + + <para> + &product-name; comes with comprehensive support for third-party + developers. The so-called <emphasis>Main API</emphasis> of + &product-name; exposes the entire feature set of the virtualization + engine. It is completely documented and available to anyone who + wishes to control &product-name; programmatically. + </para> + + <para> + The Main API is made available to C++ clients through COM on Windows + hosts or XPCOM on other hosts. Bridges also exist for SOAP, Java and + Python. + </para> + + <para> + All programming information such as documentation, reference + information, header and other interface files, as well as samples + have been split out to a separate <emphasis role="bold">Software + Development Kit (SDK)</emphasis>. The SDK is available for download + from + <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org" />. + In particular, the SDK comes with a Programming Guide and Reference + manual in PDF format. This manual contains, among other things, the + information that was previously in this chapter of the User Manual. + </para> + +</chapter> |