:orphan: .. index:: pair: page; Creating tapi_job_t instances .. _doxid-group__tapi__job_tapi-job-factory: Creating tapi_job_t instances ============================= Before a job can be created, a job factory must be initialized. It is done by using one of tapi_job_factory\_\* create functions (e.g. :ref:`tapi_job_factory_rpc_create() `). The job factory defines the methods to create and control jobs on a specific Test Agent. When factory is created by :ref:`tapi_job_factory_rpc_create() `, the job instances are created on the specified RPC server and are controlled by the facility that is set up on the RPC server. When factory is created by :ref:`tapi_job_factory_cfg_create() `, the job instances are controlled by "/agent/process" Configurator subtree. Job factory API allows :ref:`tapi_job_create() ` API to be independent from a particular implementation of job control. It makes any other programming logic that is build on tapi_job functionality fully decoupled from job control backend. To achieve this, e.g. an API should not use tapi_job_factory\* create, but consume already created factory to create jobs inside the API. The user of such an API will decide which job control implementation to choose.