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<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client</span></code> module provides standard types that can be
used in the interface specification of any class.</p>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.</code><code class="descname">AuthenticationScheme</code><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></code></p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthenticationScheme</span></code></a> class defines constants for
authentication scheme identifiers for authentication mechanisms present in
the vAPI infrastructure shipped by VMware.</p>
<p>A third party extension can define and implements it’s own authentication
mechanism and define a constant in a different IDL file.</p>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
names.</p>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.NO_AUTHENTICATION">
<code class="descname">NO_AUTHENTICATION</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.no_authentication'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.NO_AUTHENTICATION" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the request doesn’t need any authentication.</p>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN">
<code class="descname">OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.oauth'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the security context in a request is using OAuth2 based
authentication scheme.</p>
<p>In this scheme, the following pieces of information has to be passed in the
SecurityContext structure in the execution context of the request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The scheme identifier - com.vmware.vapi.std.security.oauth</li>
<li>Valid OAuth2 access token - This is usually acquired by OAuth2 Authorization
Server after successful authentication of the end user.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<div>Sample security context in JSON format that matches the specification: <a href="#id1"><span class="problematic" id="id2">``</span></a>{</div></blockquote>
<p>‘schemeId’: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.security.oauth’,
‘accesstoken’: ….
}``
vAPI runtime provides convenient factory methods that takes OAuth2 access token
as input parameter and creates a security context that conforms to the above
format.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SAML_BEARER_TOKEN">
<code class="descname">SAML_BEARER_TOKEN</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_bearer_token'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SAML_BEARER_TOKEN" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the security context in a request is using a SAML bearer token
based authentication scheme.</p>
<p>In this scheme, the following pieces of information has to be passed in the
SecurityContext structure in the execution context of the request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The scheme identifier: com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_bearer_token</li>
<li>The token itself</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<div>Sample security context in JSON format that matches the specification: <a href="#id3"><span class="problematic" id="id4">``</span></a>{</div></blockquote>
<p>‘schemeId’: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_bearer_token’,
‘token’: ‘the token itself’
}`` vAPI runtime provide convenient factory methods that take SAML bearer token
and to create the security context that conforms to the above mentioned format.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SAML_HOK_TOKEN">
<code class="descname">SAML_HOK_TOKEN</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_hok_token'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SAML_HOK_TOKEN" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the security context in a request is using a SAML holder-of-key
token based authentication scheme.</p>
<p>In this scheme, the following pieces of information has to be passed in the
SecurityContext structure in the execution context of the request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The scheme identifier: com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_hok_token</li>
<li>Signature of the request: This includes - algorithm used for signing the
request, SAML holder of key token and signature digest</li>
<li>Request timestamp: This includes the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">created</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">expires</span></code> timestamp of
the request. The timestamp should match the following format -
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ (e.g. 1878-03-03T19:20:30.451Z).</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<div>Sample security context in JSON format that matches the specification: <a href="#id5"><span class="problematic" id="id6">``</span></a>{</div></blockquote>
<p>‘schemeId’: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.security.saml_hok_token’,
‘signature’: {
‘alg’: ‘RS256’,
‘samlToken’: …,
‘value’: …,``, ‘timestamp’: { ‘created’: ‘2012-10-26T12:24:18.941Z’,
‘expires’: ‘2012-10-26T12:44:18.941Z’, } } } vAPI runtime provide convenient
factory methods that take SAML holder of key token and private key to create
the security context that conforms to the above mentioned format.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SESSION_ID">
<code class="descname">SESSION_ID</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.session_id'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.SESSION_ID" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the security context in a request is using a session identifier
based authentication scheme.</p>
<p>In this scheme, the following pieces of information has to be passed in the
SecurityContext structure in the execution context of the request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The scheme identifier - com.vmware.vapi.std.security.session_id</li>
<li>Valid session identifier - This is usually returned by a login method of a
session manager interface for a particular vAPI service of this authentication
scheme</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<div>Sample security context in JSON format that matches the specification: <a href="#id7"><span class="problematic" id="id8">``</span></a>{</div></blockquote>
<p>‘schemeId’: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.security.session_id’,
‘sessionId’: ….,
}`` vAPI runtime provides convenient factory methods that take session
identifier as input parameter and create a security context that conforms to
the above format.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.USER_PASSWORD">
<code class="descname">USER_PASSWORD</code><em class="property"> = 'com.vmware.vapi.std.security.user_pass'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.AuthenticationScheme.USER_PASSWORD" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the security context in a request is using username/password
based authentication scheme.</p>
<p>In this scheme, the following pieces of information has to be passed in the
SecurityContext structure in the execution context of the request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The scheme identifier - com.vmware.vapi.std.security.user_pass</li>
<li>Username</li>
<li>Password</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<div>Sample security context in JSON format that matches the specification: <a href="#id9"><span class="problematic" id="id10">``</span></a>{</div></blockquote>
<p>‘schemeId’: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.security.user_pass’,
‘userName’: ….,
‘password’: …
}``
vAPI runtime provides convenient factory methods that take username and
password as input parameters and create a security context that conforms to the
above format.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.</code><code class="descname">DynamicID</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>type=None</em>, <em>id=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></code></p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DynamicID</span></code> class represents an identifier for a resource of an
arbitrary type.</p>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
names.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.</code><code class="descname">LocalizableMessage</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id=None</em>, <em>default_message=None</em>, <em>args=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></code></p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LocalizableMessage</span></code> class represents a localizable string or message
template. Classes include one or more localizable message templates in the
exceptions they report so that clients can display diagnostic messages in
the native language of the user. Classes can include localizable strings in
the data returned from methods to allow clients to display localized status
information in the native language of the user.</p>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
names.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.StubFactory">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.</code><code class="descname">StubFactory</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>stub_config</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.StubFactory" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.stub.StubFactoryBase</span></code></p>
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