com.vmware.content

Interface Type

All Superinterfaces:

Service, TypeTypes

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeStub

public interface Type
extends Service, TypeTypes

The Type interface exposes the ItemModel types that this Content Library Service supports.

A library item has an optional type which can be specified with the ItemModel.getType() property. For items with a type that is supported by a plugin, the Content Library Service may understand the files which are part of the library item and can produce metadata for the item.

In other cases, uploads may require a process in which one upload implies subsequent uploads. For example, an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) package is composed of an OVF descriptor file and the associated virtual disk files. Uploading an OVF descriptor can enable the Content Library Service to understand that the complete OVF package requires additional disk files, and it can set up the transfers for the disks automatically by adding the file entries for the disks when the OVF descriptor is uploaded.

When a type is not supported by a plugin, or the type is not specified, the Content Library Service can handle a library item in a default way, without adding metadata to the item or guiding the upload process.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vmware.content.TypeTypes

TypeTypes.Info

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<TypeTypes.Info>	list() Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.
void	list(AsyncCallback<List<TypeTypes.Info>> asyncCallback) Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.
void	list(AsyncCallback<List<TypeTypes.Info>> asyncCallback, InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.
List<TypeTypes.Info>	list(InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Method Detail

list

List<TypeTypes.Info> list()

Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Synchronous method overload. Result of the invocation will be reported as a method return value.

Returns:

The List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Throws:

Unauthorized - if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires ContentLibrary.TypeIntrospection.

list

List<TypeTypes.Info> list(InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Synchronous method overload. Result of the invocation will be reported as a method return value. Use invocationConfig to specify configuration for this particular invocation.

Parameters:

invocationConfig - Configuration for the method invocation.

Returns:

The List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Throws:

Unauthorized - if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires ContentLibrary.TypeIntrospection.

list

void list(AsyncCallback<List<TypeTypes.Info>> asyncCallback)

Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Asynchronous method overload. Result of the invocation will be reported via the specified asyncCallback.

Operation Result:
The List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Operation Errors:
Unauthorized - if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires ContentLibrary.TypeIntrospection.

Parameters:

asyncCallback - Receives the status (progress, result or error) of the operation invocation.

list

void list(AsyncCallback<List<TypeTypes.Info>> asyncCallback,
        InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Returns a List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Asynchronous method overload. Result of the invocation will be reported via the specified asyncCallback. Use invocationConfig to specify configuration for this particular invocation.

Operation Result:
The List of TypeTypes.Info instances which describe the type support plugins in this Content Library.

Operation Errors:
Unauthorized - if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

• Method execution requires ContentLibrary.TypeIntrospection.

Parameters:

asyncCallback - Receives the status (progress, result or error) of the operation invocation.

invocationConfig - Configuration for the method invocation.