VMware Cloud Director API - FileDescriptor (extension/v1.5)

AdminFileDescriptorType

Element:

FileDescriptor (extension/v1.5)

Type:

Namespace:

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

Description:

Represents an extension service API definition file.

Since:

5.1

Schema:

services.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.admin.fileDescriptor+xml
application/vnd.vmware.admin.fileDescriptor+json

Extends:

IdentifiableResourceType

XML Representation:

<FileDescriptor 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"/>
    <Description> xs:string </Description>
    <vcloud_v1.5:File href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
</FileDescriptor>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
href	anyURI	No	always	5.1	The URI of the entity.
type	string	No	always	5.1	The MIME type of the entity.
id	string	No	none	5.1	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
Description	string	No	always	5.1	Description of this extension service API definition file.
File	ReferenceType	No	always	5.1	A reference to this extension service API definition file.
Link	LinkType	No	none	5.1	A reference to an entity or operation associated with this object.
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	5.1	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since
create	POST /admin/extension/service/apidefinition/{id}/files	Creates file descriptor.	5.1
read	GET /admin/extension/service/file/{id}	Retrieve a file descriptor	5.1
delete	DELETE /admin/extension/service/file/{id}	Deletes file descriptor.	5.1