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.. _section-sdk:

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Software Development Kit
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You can extend the out-of-the-box behavior of |CDS| through its
*Software Development Kit* (SDK). The SDK provides a set of public interfaces
that allow you to control |CDS| execution.

The SDK is divided in the following modules:


- |RTI_CDS| Service API: |br|
  This module offers a set of APIs that allow you to
  create |CDS| instances in your application. This allows you to run
  |CDS| as a library, as described in :numref:`section-usage-cloud-discovery-service-library`.

:numref:`TableSDKDocumentation` shows which modules are available for
each API, along with links to the API documentation.

.. list-table:: API Documentation for the SDK
    :name: TableSDKDocumentation
    :header-rows: 1

    * - Language API
      - Available Modules
    * - :link_cds_sdk_api_c:`RTI Cloud Discovery Service C API <>`
      -
        - Service
    * - :link_cds_sdk_api_cpp:`RTI Cloud Discovery Service C++ API <>`
      -
        - Service