REST API - dynamic_ID

dynamic_ID

The dynamic_ID structure represents an identifier for a resource of an arbitrary type.

Representations:

JSON
XML

{
"id": "obj-103",
"type": "string"
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:DynamicID xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/std" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<id>obj-103</id>
<type>string</type>
</ns0:DynamicID>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
type *	string	Yes	The type of resource being identified (for example `com.acme.Person`). Services that contain operations for creating and deleting resources typically contain a constant specifying the resource type for the resources being created and deleted. The API metamodel metadata services include a service that allows retrieving all the known resource types.
id *	ID	Yes	The identifier for a resource whose type is specified by com.vmware.vapi.std.dynamic_ID.type. Determined by the value of attribute type.

REST API - dynamic_ID

com.vmware.vapi.std

dynamic_ID