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<p>Core Protocol Definition classes</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">ApiInterface</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>The ApiInterface interface provides introspection APIs for a
vAPI interface; it is implemented by API providers.</p>
<p>Initialize the Api Interface instance</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_definition">
<code class="descname">get_definition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_definition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns interface definition</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition" title="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InterfaceDefinition</span></code></a></td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Interface definition</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_identifier">
<code class="descname">get_identifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_identifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns interface identifier</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InterfaceIdentifier</span></code></a></td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Interface identifier</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_method_definition">
<code class="descname">get_method_definition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>method_id</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.get_method_definition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the method definition</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodDefinition</span></code></a></td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Method definition</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.invoke">
<code class="descname">invoke</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>ctx</em>, <em>method_id</em>, <em>input_value</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiInterface.invoke" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Invokes the specified method using the execution context and
the input provided</p>
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<li><strong>ctx</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext" title="vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExecutionContext</span></code></a>) Execution context for this method</li>
<li><strong>method_id</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodIdentifier</span></code></a>) Method identifier</li>
<li><strong>input_value</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.value.StructValue</span></code>) Method input parameters</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodResult</span></code></a></p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Result of the method invocation</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiProvider">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">ApiProvider</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiProvider" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>The ApiProvider interface is used for invocation of operations</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApiProvider.invoke">
<code class="descname">invoke</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>service_id</em>, <em>operation_id</em>, <em>input_value</em>, <em>ctx</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApiProvider.invoke" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Invokes the specified method using the input value and the
the execution context provided</p>
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<li><strong>service_id</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) Service identifier</li>
<li><strong>operation_id</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) Operation identifier</li>
<li><strong>input_value</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.value.StructValue</span></code>) Input parameters for the method</li>
<li><strong>ctx</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext" title="vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExecutionContext</span></code></a>) Execution context for the method</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodResult</span></code></a></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Result of the method invocation</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ApplicationContext">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">ApplicationContext</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ApplicationContext" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict" title="vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict</span></code></a></p>
<p>Interface representing additional data associated with the request for
method execution represented by this ExecutionContext.
The additional data format is key-value pairs of String.</p>
<p>This additional data is provided by the client initiating the
execution, it is then transported as is over the wire and is
available for the provider-side service implementations on the server.
This extra data is completely opaque for the infrastructure, in other
words it is a contract between the client and the service implementation
only.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">CustomDict</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></p>
<p>Interface for implementing Custom dict classes with additional constraints.</p>
<p>Overriding __setitem__ as not enough for adding additional constraints on
key/value pairs of dictionaries. We also have to override update and
setdefault, so that even they use __setitem__.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict.setdefault">
<code class="descname">setdefault</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>k</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>d</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> &#x2192; D.get(k,d), also set D[k]=d if k not in D<a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict.setdefault" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict.update">
<code class="descname">update</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>E</em>, <span class="optional">]</span><em>**F</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> &#x2192; None. Update D from dict/iterable E and F.<a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict.update" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>If E is present and has a .keys() method, then does: for k in E: D[k] = E[k]
If E is present and lacks a .keys() method, then does: for k, v in E: D[k] = v
In either case, this is followed by: for k in F: D[k] = F[k]</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">ExecutionContext</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>application_context=None</em>, <em>security_context=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ExecutionContext" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>This class provides out-of-band context information that is passed along
with a method invocation</p>
<p>Initialize Execution Context</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">InterfaceDefinition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id_</em>, <em>method_ids</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>The InterfaceDefinition class contains detailed information about a
vAPI interface. This should contain all the information required
to address an interface in the vAPI runtime.</p>
<p>Initialize the InterfaceDefinition</p>
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<li><strong>id</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InterfaceIdentifier</span></code></a>) InterfaceIdentifier of this interface</li>
<li><strong>method_ids</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> of <a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodIdentifier</span></code></a>) List of method identifiers of the methods exposed by
this interface</li>
</ul>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition.get_identifier">
<code class="descname">get_identifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition.get_identifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the interface identifier</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InterfaceIdentifier</span></code></a></td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Returns the interface identifer of this interface</td>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition.get_method_identifiers">
<code class="descname">get_method_identifiers</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceDefinition.get_method_identifiers" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the list of method identifiers of the methods exposed by this
interface. Each method identifier is unique within an interface. The
method identifiers returned are unordered</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">List of method identifiers of the methods exposed by this
interface</td>
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<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">InterfaceIdentifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>iface</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>InterfaceIdentifier has the information required to uniquely
address a vAPI interface</p>
<p>Initialize an InterfaceIdentifier</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier.get_name">
<code class="descname">get_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier.get_name" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the string identifier of the interface</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">String identifier of the interface</td>
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<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">MethodDefinition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id_</em>, <em>input_</em>, <em>output</em>, <em>errors</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>This class contains detailed information about a vAPI method. This should
contain all the information required to address a method in the vAPI
runtime.</p>
<p>Initialize MethodDefinition</p>
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<li><strong>id</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MethodIdentifier</span></code></a>) MethodIdentifier of this method</li>
<li><strong>input</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.definition.StructDefinition</span></code>) Struct definition corresponding to the methods input
parameters</li>
<li><strong>output</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.definition.DataDefinition</span></code>) Data definition of the methods output</li>
<li><strong>errors</strong> (iterable of
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.definition.ErrorDefinition</span></code>) Error definitions describing the errors that this method
can report</li>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_error_definition">
<code class="descname">get_error_definition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>error_name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_error_definition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the error definition with the specified name reported by this
method or None if this method doesnt report an error with the specified
name.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Error definition with the specified name reported by this
method or None if this method doesnt report an error with the
specified name.</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_error_definitions">
<code class="descname">get_error_definitions</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_error_definitions" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a set of error definitions describing the errors that this
method can report</p>
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<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.definition.ErrorDefinition</span></code></td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Set of error definitions describing the errors that this
method can report</td>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_identifier">
<code class="descname">get_identifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_identifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the method identifier</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">MethodIdentifier of this method</td>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_input_definition">
<code class="descname">get_input_definition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_input_definition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the struct definition corresponding to the methods input
parameters. The field names in the struct definition are the parameter
names and the field values correspond to the data definition of the
respective fields.</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">StructDefinition correspoding to the methods input</td>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_output_definition">
<code class="descname">get_output_definition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodDefinition.get_output_definition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the data definition of the methods output</p>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">MethodIdentifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>iface</em>, <em>method</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>This class identifies a <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ApiMethod</span></code> instance</p>
<p>Initialize the MethodIdentifier</p>
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<li><strong>iface</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier" title="vmware.vapi.core.InterfaceIdentifier"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InterfaceIdentifier</span></code></a>) InterfaceIdentifier of this method</li>
<li><strong>method</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) String identifier of this method</li>
</ul>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier.get_interface_identifier">
<code class="descname">get_interface_identifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier.get_interface_identifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the interface identifier of the method</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">InterfaceIdentifier of this method</td>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier.get_name">
<code class="descname">get_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodIdentifier.get_name" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the string identifier of the method</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">String identifier of the method</td>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">MethodResult</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>output=None</em>, <em>error=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>The MethodResult class contains the result of a method call.
It contains either the output of the method invocation or
an error reported by the method invocation. These are mutually
exclusive.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.output" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.output"><strong>output</strong></a> Method output</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.error" title="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.error"><strong>error</strong></a> Method error</li>
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<p>Initialize MethodResult</p>
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<li><strong>output</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.value.DataValue</span></code>) Method output</li>
<li><strong>error</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.data.value.ErrorValue</span></code>) Method error</li>
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<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.error">
<code class="descname">error</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.error" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
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<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.output">
<code class="descname">output</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.output" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.success">
<code class="descname">success</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.MethodResult.success" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Check if the method completed successfully.</p>
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<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ProviderDefinition">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">ProviderDefinition</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ProviderDefinition" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>The ProviderDefinition class contains details information about a
vAPI provider</p>
<p>Initialize the ProviderDefinition</p>
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<dl class="method">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.ProviderDefinition.get_identifier">
<code class="descname">get_identifier</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.ProviderDefinition.get_identifier" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the provider identifier.</p>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.core.SecurityContext">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.core.</code><code class="descname">SecurityContext</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.core.SecurityContext" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict" title="vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.core.CustomDict</span></code></a></p>
<p>Implementations of this interface will provide all needed data for
authentication for the given invocation.</p>
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<div class="section" id="module-vmware.vapi.exception">
<span id="vmware-vapi-exception-module"></span><h2>vmware.vapi.exception module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-vmware.vapi.exception" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>vAPI CoreException Class</p>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.exception.CoreException">
<em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.exception.</code><code class="descname">CoreException</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message</em>, <em>cause=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.exception.CoreException" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Exception</span></code></p>
<p>This exception is raised by various components of the vAPI runtime
infrastructure to indicate failures in that infrastructure.</p>
<p>Server-side the exception is caught by specific components and an
internal_server_error is reported to the client that invoked the
request. Client-side the exception may be raised for certain failures
before a request was sent to the server or after the response was
received from the server. Similarly, server-side the exception may
be raised for failures that occur when a provider implementation
invokes the vAPI runtime.</p>
<p>This exception is not part of the vAPI message protocol, and it must
never be raised by provider implementations.</p>
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was raised</td>
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<p>Initialize CoreException</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.exception.CoreException.messages">
<code class="descname">messages</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.exception.CoreException.messages" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Generator of error messages describing why the Exception
was raised</td>
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<div class="section" id="module-vmware.vapi.message">
<span id="vmware-vapi-message-module"></span><h2>vmware.vapi.message module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-vmware.vapi.message" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>vAPI Message class</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.Message">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.message.</code><code class="descname">Message</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id_</em>, <em>def_msg</em>, <em>*args</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.Message" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>This class encapsulates the concept of a localizable message.</p>
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<li><strong>id</strong> The unique message identifier</li>
<li><strong>def_msg</strong> An english language default</li>
<li><strong>args</strong> The arguments to be used for the messsage</li>
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<p>Initializes the message object</p>
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<li><strong>id</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code>) The unique message identifier</li>
<li><strong>def_msg</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code>) An english language default</li>
<li><strong>args</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code>) The arguments to be used for the messsage</li>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageBundle">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.message.</code><code class="descname">MessageBundle</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>messages</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageBundle" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>Base class for all message bundle classes.</p>
<p>Initialize MessageBundle.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>messages</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code> of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) Dictionary with message identifiers as keys and
message templates as values.</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageBundle.get">
<code class="descname">get</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>msg_id</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageBundle.get" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the message template for the given message identifier</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>msg_id</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) Message identifier</td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></td>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">Message template</td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Raises:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>KeyError</strong> If the message identifier is not found</td>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageFactory">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.message.</code><code class="descname">MessageFactory</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>msg_bundle</em>, <em>formatter</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageFactory" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>A factory class to generate localizable messages</p>
<p>Initializes the message object</p>
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<li><strong>messages</strong> The message dictionary for the message factory</li>
<li><strong>formatter</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.formatter.MessageFormatter</span></code>) Formatter for the message</li>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageFactory.get_message">
<code class="descname">get_message</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id_</em>, <em>*args</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageFactory.get_message" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a message object for the given id with the given args.
If the message is not found, a default unknown message is returned.</p>
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<li><strong>id</strong> (<em>string</em>) The unique message identifier</li>
<li><strong>args</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code>) The arguments to be used for constructing this message</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference internal" href="#vmware.vapi.message.Message" title="vmware.vapi.message.Message"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Message</span></code></a></p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">The message object constructed using the given arguments</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageFormatter">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.message.</code><code class="descname">MessageFormatter</code><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageFormatter" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>Base class for all message formatter classes</p>
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<dt id="vmware.vapi.message.MessageFormatter.format_msg">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="descname">format_msg</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>msg</em>, <em>args</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.message.MessageFormatter.format_msg" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Format the message using the specified arguments</p>
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<li><strong>msg</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) Message template</li>
<li><strong>args</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code>) Arguments for the message</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Localized message</p>
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