NetBatch Management Programming Manual

Glossary
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continuation
continuation. The packaging of a response in multiple response messages. The subsystem
uses a context token to indicate that the response is continued to another message.
Each response message can contain multiple response records, but a single response
record cannot span two response messages.
control and inquiry. Those aspects of object management related to the state or
configuration of an object. Such aspects include actions that affect the state or
configuration of an object, inquiries about the object, and commands pertaining to the
session environment (for example, commands that set default values for the session).
See also event management.
critical event. An event designated as critical to system or network operations. Each
subsystem determines what set of events generated by that subsystem should
be critical. The subsystem identifies whether an event is critical or noncritical by setting
the value of the emphasis token in the event message. See also noncritical event.
current position. The SPI-buffer location of the token whose code, value, or attribute has
just been retrieved. Scans for the next token code (with the operations ZSPI-TKN-
NEXTCODE and ZSPI-TKN-NEXTTOKEN) begin at the current position but always
return a code beyond the current position. See also next position; initial position.
current token. The token in the current position. See current position.
data list. A grouping of tokens used to separate response records in a response message,
or to enclose a single response record if the program so requests. A data list consists
of a list token denoting a data list (different from the token that starts an error list or a
generic list), followed by a response record and an end-list token. See response
record.
data-portion token. A token in the body of an SPI message as opposed to the header of
the message. Data-portion tokens are placed in the buffer using SSPUT or
SSPUTTKN. Some data-portion tokens can occur multiple times in the buffer, and most
can be enclosed in lists. Programs can set the current position to these tokens and
retrieve their values using the NEXTCODE and NEXTTOKEN operations. See also
header.
DEFINE. A named set of attributes and associated values. In a DEFINE (as with an
ASSIGN), you can specify information that jobs communicate to processes they start.
The NetBatch product supports all DEFINE types.
definition. One of the declarations provided by HP for use in applications that call the SPI
procedures. These definitions are provided in definition files.