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Description
The Interface Module is a collection of information which acts as a
go-between for the application program on one hand, and the rest of the
system on the other. It acts as an interface (hence the name) between
the program and system so that neither has to know any details about
the working of the other.This means that either
side of the interface could be completely changed, without having to
change anything on the other side.
Only the Interface Module itself may have to be changed.
The main functions of the Interface Module are to:
- Specify the program's parameters and define a search path for
parameter values.
- Specify actions within instrumentation tasks.
- Specify the format of the command line for the program.
- Specify the messages and prompts which the user sees.
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ADAM Interface Module Reference Manual
Starlink User Note 115
A J Chipperfield, B D Kelly, S L Wright
3 September 2002
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk
Copyright © 2002 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils