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API Tasks

This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks using the API. Each task is documented with a table that lists the interfaces and methods needed for that task. In most cases, the table shows a subset of all the methods for that interface. A complete list of API interfaces and their methods is located in the appendix API Interfaces Reference.

This section contains the following topics

API Environment

Creating the ISCApplication Object

Application Properties

Accessing a Model

Accessing Objects in a Model

Accessing Object Properties

Modifying the Model Using Session Transactions

Creating Objects

Setting Property Values

Deleting Objects

Deleting Properties and Property Values

Saving the Model

Accessing Metamodel Information

Closing the API

Error Handling

Advanced Tasks