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The low-level API is the collection of basic classes that implement SNMP according to v1, v2c, and v3 standards. The low-level API consists of the snmp2 Java package, which enables you to work directly with the details of SNMP and helps reduce the size of your management applet or application.
The following figure illustrates the organization of the low-level SNMP API packages.
The low-level API consists of the following functional modules.
The SNMP transport provider framework provides a transparent layer for the communication classes to transport SNMP packets to devices over any protocol. API users can achieve this by plugging in their own protocol implementation or protocol provider into the framework. For example, transport providers for UDP, IPX, TCP, and Serial Port can be easily plugged into the framework. The API uses UDP/IP as the default underlying protocol for SNMP communication. A reference protocol provider implementation for TCP/IP has also been provided. The SNMP transport provider framework uses the configured protocol and is responsible for all communications between the manager and the agent.
The Communication classes can be used to establish SNMP sessions with peer SNMP entities. The classes also provide APIs to set session parameters, such as the SNMP version, authentication parameters, and so on. These classes are the foundation on which the Java Beans components support and RMI/CORBA API support are built.
The Variable classes correspond to the various SNMP data types, such as INTEGER, OBJECT IDENTIFIER, COUNTER, etc. Each of these classes has a one-to-one relationship with the SNMP data types. For example, the SnmpInt class corresponds to the INTEGER data type. You are required to work with these classes while sending requests and receiving responses. It is important that you are familiar with them, even if you are developing applications using the Java Beans components or RMI/CORBA components.
Security API implements the procedures for providing the SNMP message level security and for controlling access to management information, in addition to defining the mechanism for remote configuration and administration of SNMPv3 entities. The WebNMS SNMPv3 security classes implement the two models USM and VACM based on the new security framework.
Security and Access Frameworks API enables you to define and implement your own message-level security and access control.
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