VMware Cloud Director API - ObjectExtension

ObjectExtensionType

Element:

ObjectExtension

Type:

ObjectExtensionType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5

Description:

Represents a registered object extension.

Since:

16.0

Schema:

objectExtensibility.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.admin.extensibility.object+json
application/vnd.vmware.admin.extensibility.object+xml

Extends:

IdentifiableResourceType

XML Representation:

<ObjectExtension xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5" xmlns:vcloud_v1.5="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string">
    <vcloud_v1.5:Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
            rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
    <Namespace> xs:string </Namespace>
    <Enabled> xs:boolean </Enabled>
    <Exchange> xs:string </Exchange>
    <ContentType> xs:string </ContentType>
    <Vendor> xs:string </Vendor>
    <Selectors>
        <Selector name="ObjectExtensionType/Selectors/Selector/name"/>
    </Selectors>
</ObjectExtension>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
href	anyURI	No	always	16.0	The URI of the entity.
type	string	No	always	16.0	The MIME type of the entity.
id	string	No	none	16.0	The entity identifier, expressed in URN format. The value of this attribute uniquely identifies the entity, persists for the life of the entity, and is never reused.
operationKey	string	No	create	5.1	Optional unique identifier to support idempotent semantics for create and delete operations.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
ContentType	string	Yes	always	16.0	AMQP message body content type used. Supported values are: XML JSON Defaults to XML if none is specified.
Enabled	boolean	Yes	always	16.0	True if this extension service is enabled.
Exchange	string	Yes	always	16.0	AMQP exchange that messages for this extension service are published to.
Link	LinkType	No	none	16.0	A reference to an entity or operation associated with this object.
Namespace	string	Yes	always	16.0	Extension service namespace. Must be unique among all registered services.
Selectors	ObjectExtensionType/Selectors	Yes	always	16.0	A list of selector URNs associated with this Object Extension. Currently supported selectors are: urn:selector:providerVdc urn:selector:organizationVdc urn:selector:organization urn:selector:catalog
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	16.0	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.
Vendor	string	Yes	always	16.0	Extension service vendor name.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since
create	POST /admin/extension/object	Registers a new object extension	16.0
read	GET /admin/extension/object/{id}	Retrieves a registered object extension.	16.0
update	PUT /admin/extension/object/{id}	Updates a registered object extension.	16.0
delete	DELETE /admin/extension/object/{id}	Deletes a registered object extension with specified ID.	16.0