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/* |
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$Author: |
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/** @name Provider API Defintions |
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Provider APIs are defined to: |
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<LI>Control individual providers including operations such as starting and stopping |
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the provkders |
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<LI>Pass CIM information between the providers and the CIM Object Manager. CIM operations |
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are passed from the CIM Object Manager to the providers and responses to these operations |
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are passed back to the CIM Object manager by the providers. In addition, providers can |
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generate CIM Indications and pass these back to the CIM Object Manager. |
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</OL> |
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<H2>CIM Operations</H2> |
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ATTN: We need to define the CIM Operations here in terms of the operations from the client |
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and those specifications. |
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*/ |