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Compatibility interfaces
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<P>
The <STRONG>PySNMP</STRONG> package does not define its own high-level
interface to SNMP functionality at the moment but attempts to support a
few from existing ones.
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<P>
To make use of a compatibility API, an application should either:
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<P>
<UL>
<LI>refer to a PySNMP compatibility module by setting $PYTHONPATH shell
variable to something like .../pysnmp/compat/{package}/
<LI>explicitly import appropriate module from <STRONG>pysnmp.compat</STRONG>
sub-package.
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For example, an application initially written for version 2.x of PySNMP would
do:
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<P>
<PRE>
>>> from pysnmp.compat.pysnmp2x import v2c, role, error
>>>
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<P>
What follows is the documentation on various compatibility modules or
references to original packages documentation:
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<P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="snmpy/intro.html">
The snmpy compatibility module</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://pysnmp.sourceforge.net/docs/2.x/index.html">
PySNMP 2.x programmer's manual</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://pysnmp.sourceforge.net/docs/1.x/index.html">
PySNMP 1.x programmer's manual</A>
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