APIs for Management and More

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I am running BIND 9.2.2 9 (with DLZ) on a Linux host, and am looking
for API documentation to
  1. get BIND version information
  2. control the server (stop/start/etc)
  3. verify zone information (eg query for records to
         mimic NSLOOKUP functionality)
  4. update records
  5. create/manage delegation across many zones
  
  I have searched quite a few web sites, as well as this newsgroup,
and have not seen  anything definitive. I also have the O'Reilly
"Cricket Book", but don't see anything there either.
  
  Any links, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated. I must create
a custom management tool with C#.
  
  Thanks.