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Handling multiple types with a single DataProvider

wodge — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:38:33 GMT

Hi,

I'm writing a DataProvider and would like it handle multiple types. The documentation says as follows:

You must annotate your Data Provider Adapter class with the object types for which the adapter processes queries. The vSphere Web Client uses these annotations to route queries for the specific types to the correct adapters. You use the @type tag to create the necessary annotation.

For example, if you have a custom object of type WhatsIt, you annotate the class like the following example:

@type("samples:WhatsIt") // declares the supported object types

public class MyAdapter implements DataProviderAdapter {

I would like to handle multiple types with the same data adapter, so as well as "samples:WhatsIt" objects, I'd also like to handle say "samples:Whatelse".

What is the syntax for the @type annotation so that multiple object types can be handled please?

Many thanks

Re: Handling multiple types with a single DataProvider

ilyak — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:28:36 GMT

@type("samples:WhatsIt, samples:Whatelse") // declares the supported object types

public class MyAdapter implements DataProviderAdapter {

Re: Handling multiple types with a single DataProvider

laurentsd — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:57:18 GMT

See ChassisRackVSphereDataAdapter.java in the ChassisB sample for such case:

@type("HostSystem,samples:Rack,samples:ChassisB") // declares the supported object types.

It's always a good idea to search all the sample source files for particular APIs