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Functions by Category in the Policy Management API

Most of the functions in the Policy Management API are categorized according to the SiteMinder policy store object (for example, an agent, policy, or rule) that a given function acts upon. There are additional categories-required functions, user state functions, and utility functions such as cache and agent encryption key management-that are categorized by the type of service that certain functions perform.

Use these categories to help you find a particular Policy Management API function to use in your custom policy management applications.

Here are the categories of Policy Management API functions:

• Required Functions
• Administrator Functions
• Agent Functions
• Agent Configuration Functions
• Authentication/Authorization Map Functions
• Authentication Scheme Functions
• Certificate Mapping Functions
• Domain Functions
• Federation Security Services Functions
• General Object Functions
• Group Functions
• ODBC Query Scheme Functions
• Password Policy Functions
• Policy Functions
• Realm Functions
• Registration Scheme Functions
• Regular Expression Functions
• Response Functions
• Rule Functions
• SAML 2.0 Attribute Authority Functions
• SAML 2.0 Configuration Functions
• SAML 2.0 Indexed Endpoint Functions
• User Directory Functions
• User and User State Functions
• User Password State Functions
• Utility Functions
• Variable Functions
• WS-Federation Functions