com.vmware.vcenter.deployment

Interface Question

All Superinterfaces:

QuestionTypes, Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

QuestionStub

public interface Question
extends Service, QuestionTypes

The Question interface provides methods to get the question raised during deployment and to answer them. This interface was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vmware.vcenter.deployment.QuestionTypes

QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec, QuestionTypes.Info, QuestionTypes.Question, QuestionTypes.QuestionType

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec) Supply answer to the raised question.
void	answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec, AsyncCallback<java.lang.Void> asyncCallback) Supply answer to the raised question.
void	answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec, AsyncCallback<java.lang.Void> asyncCallback, InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Supply answer to the raised question.
void	answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec, InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Supply answer to the raised question.
QuestionTypes.Info	get() Get the question that was raised during the configuration.
void	get(AsyncCallback<QuestionTypes.Info> asyncCallback) Get the question that was raised during the configuration.
void	get(AsyncCallback<QuestionTypes.Info> asyncCallback, InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Get the question that was raised during the configuration.
QuestionTypes.Info	get(InvocationConfig invocationConfig) Get the question that was raised during the configuration.

Method Detail

get

QuestionTypes.Info get()

Get the question that was raised during the configuration. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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

Returns:

Info structure containing the question.

Throws:

Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.

NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is not in QUESTION_RAISED state.

InternalServerError - if questions could not be retrieved although the appliance is in QUESTION_RAISED state.

get

QuestionTypes.Info get(InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Get the question that was raised during the configuration. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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:

Info structure containing the question.

Throws:

Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.

NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is not in QUESTION_RAISED state.

InternalServerError - if questions could not be retrieved although the appliance is in QUESTION_RAISED state.

get

void get(AsyncCallback<QuestionTypes.Info> asyncCallback)

Get the question that was raised during the configuration. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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

Operation Result:
Info structure containing the question.

Operation Errors:
Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.
NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is not in QUESTION_RAISED state.
InternalServerError - if questions could not be retrieved although the appliance is in QUESTION_RAISED state.

Parameters:

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

get

void get(AsyncCallback<QuestionTypes.Info> asyncCallback,
       InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Get the question that was raised during the configuration. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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:
Info structure containing the question.

Operation Errors:
Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.
NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is not in QUESTION_RAISED state.
InternalServerError - if questions could not be retrieved although the appliance is in QUESTION_RAISED state.

Parameters:

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

invocationConfig - Configuration for the method invocation.

answer

void answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec)

Supply answer to the raised question. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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

Parameters:

spec - AnswerSpec with the answer to the raised question.

Throws:

Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.

InvalidArgument - if passed arguments are invalid.

NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is NOT in QUESTION_RAISED state.

InternalServerError - if answer file could not be created.

answer

void answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec,
          InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Supply answer to the raised question. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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:

spec - AnswerSpec with the answer to the raised question.

invocationConfig - Configuration for the method invocation.

Throws:

Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.

InvalidArgument - if passed arguments are invalid.

NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is NOT in QUESTION_RAISED state.

InternalServerError - if answer file could not be created.

answer

void answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec,
          AsyncCallback<java.lang.Void> asyncCallback)

Supply answer to the raised question. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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

Operation Errors:
Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.
InvalidArgument - if passed arguments are invalid.
NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is NOT in QUESTION_RAISED state.
InternalServerError - if answer file could not be created.

Parameters:

spec - AnswerSpec with the answer to the raised question.

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

answer

void answer(QuestionTypes.AnswerSpec spec,
          AsyncCallback<java.lang.Void> asyncCallback,
          InvocationConfig invocationConfig)

Supply answer to the raised question. This method was added in vSphere API 6.7.

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

Operation Errors:
Unauthenticated - if the caller is not authenticated.
InvalidArgument - if passed arguments are invalid.
NotAllowedInCurrentState - if the appliance is NOT in QUESTION_RAISED state.
InternalServerError - if answer file could not be created.

Parameters:

spec - AnswerSpec with the answer to the raised question.

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

invocationConfig - Configuration for the method invocation.