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SNAP-IX includes two separate APIs for developing Solaris applications to communicate with LU0 applications on an IBM mainframe computer:
The LU0 API is described in this manual.
The LUA API is described in SNAP-IX LUA Programmer's Guide.
You should consider the following points before deciding which API to use.
The LU0 API hides all the underlying complexity of the LU0 protocol and is therefore very easy to use. LUA is more complex.
The LU0 API only provides the application with access to the LU session (see LUs and Sessions) and only restricted access to the SSCP session. If you need unrestricted access to the SSCP session, you should use the LUA API.
The LU0 API only supports a restricted set of function (common to the majority of LU0 programs), and does not support LU types 1, 2 and 3 and half-duplex operation (including brackets). If you need any of these features, you should use the LUA API.
The LU0 API is only available on SNAP-IX. The LUA API is common to many SNA products.
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