Container View APIs
The ContainerView managed object provides a means of monitoring the contents of a single container and, optionally, other containers.
You can use a ContainerView with a PropertyCollector method to retrieve data or receive notification of changes. For information about using views with the PropertyCollector, see the description of ViewManager.
When you invoke the CreateContainerView method, you specify a managed object instance that provides the starting point for object selection. You can use the following managed objects as the basis of a container view:
Once you have created the view, the view list always represents the current configuration of the virtual environment and reflects any subsequent changes that occur.
Operations
POST
Container View Destroy View
Destroy this view.
GET
Container View Get Container
The Folder, Datacenter, ComputeResource, ResourcePool, or HostSystem instance that provides the objects that the view presents.
GET
Container View Get Recursive
Whether to include only the immediate children of the container instance, or to include additional objects by following the paths beyond the immediate children.
GET
Container View Get Type
An optional list of types to be applied to the set of objects in the view.
GET
Container View Get View
The list of references to objects mapped by this view.