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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 |RECS| through its
*Software Development Kit* (SDK). The SDK provides a set of public interfaces
that allow you to control |RECS| execution as well as extend its capabilities.

The SDK is divided into the following modules:


- *RTI Recording Service* Service API: |br|
  This module offers a set of APIs that allow you to
  instantiate |RECS| instances in your application. This allows you to run
  |RECS| as a library.

- *RTI Recording Service* Storage API: |br|
  *Storage* is a pluggable component that allows
  |RECS| to write and read data from custom storage. This module
  offers a set of pluggable APIs to develop custom *StorageWriter* and *StorageReader*,
  which you can use through shared libraries or through the Service API.
  By default, |RECS| is distributed with a builtin SQLite® storage
  plugin that is part of the service library.

- *RTI Recording Service* Transformation API: |br|
  |TRANSF|\s are data-oriented pluggable
  components that allow you to perform conversions of the representation and
  content of the data that goes through |RECS|. This module offers a set of
  pluggable APIs to develop a custom |TRANSF|\s, which you can use through shared
  libraries or through the Service API.

: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_recorder_sdk_api_c_s:`RTI Recording Service C API </index.html>`
      -
        - Storage
        - Transformation (see :link_router_sdk_api_c_s:`RTI Routing Service C API </index.html>`)
    * - :link_recorder_sdk_api_cpp_s:`RTI Recording Service C++ API </index.html>`
      -
        - Service
        - Storage
        - Transformation (see :link_router_sdk_api_cpp_s:`RTI Routing Service C++ API </index.html>`)