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h1. Programming Guide
There are number of APIs provided by VP. All of these APIs are wrapped and exposed through a client application, [[documentation#list-of-components|vp-client]]. Refer to the following sub sections for more information.
The Javadoc of *vp-client*:
> http://192.168.2.13:50000/vp_client_apidocs/
Demo application of *vp-client*:
> http://192.168.2.66:8080/vp-test/index.html
h2. VP Registration
This method is only applicable for *new registration*, which means the member/shopper ID *is not yet registered* with VP before.
h3. Input Parameters
See "performRegistration":http://192.168.2.13:50000/vp_client_apidocs/com/ecosway/vp_client/VPServicesUtils.html#performRegistration(java.sql.Connection,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.math.BigDecimal,%20java.util.Date,%20java.util.Date)
h3. Output Parameters
The return object, *TransactionResponse* consists of the following fields value:
* *process* - For registration, the possible value is *VRegister*
* *transactionId* - The unique reference that passed in by the caller
* *countryId* - The country ID/code that passed in by the caller
* *centerId* - To differentiate if the caller are from POS system or online
* *memberId* - The member/shopper ID
* *status* - The status of the transaction. If success, returns *0000*
** _refer to document:"VP Web Service Format" for other possible status_
* *errorCode* - the error code of the transaction. if success, returns *00000*
** _refer to document:"VP Web Service Format" for other possible error code_
* *errorMessage* - the detailed description of the error code
** _refer to document:"VP Web Service Format" for other possible description_
h3. Code Snippet
*Important note:* One should modify the following code to cater existing program so do not copy & paste it directly.
<pre>
<code class="JAVA">
Connection dbConnection = DBConnectionFactory.createDbConnection("java:/DB2DS2");
TransactionResponse vpResponse = new TransactionResponse();
try {
vpResponse = VPServicesUtils.performRegistration(dbConnection, trxId,
countryId, memberId, memberName, vpAmount, regDate, expDate);
} catch (RemoteException ex) {
// do not ignore. either log the full stack trace or handle it
LOGGER.error(ex);
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// do not ignore. either log the full stack trace or handle it
LOGGER.error(ex);
} finally {
if (dbConnection != null) {
dbConnection.close();
}
}
</code>
</pre>
h3. Exception Handling Strategies
The methods would throws the following exceptions:
* *RemoteException* - if there's any issue in communicating with VP
* *SQLException* - if there's any issue in persisting or updating the event
* *unchecked exception* - e.g. NullPointerException. This is more like a programming errors so do not catch it for whatever reasons.
The above exceptions should never be ignored, at least, the full error stack trace should be logged.
h2. VP Renewal