EQUALS_ANY_OF Condition In Plugin.Xml Extension is Not Working.

[dharmeshj]

I am trying to apply a EQUALS_ANY_OF condition in plugin.xml file. but this condition is not working due to which my portlet is not appearing in plugin mode.

While on same extension when i am using  only EQUALS condition it is working fine and appearing in plugin mode.

Here is code below.

<extension id="mycompany.testPortlet">

     <extendedPoint>vsphere.core.datastore.summarySectionViews</extendedPoint>

     <object>

      <name>#{PortletName}</name>

         <contentSpec>

            <url>/ui/index.html?view=portlet-view</url>

            <metadata><entry><key>hasTitle</key><value>false</value></entry></metadata>

         </contentSpec>

      </object>

      <metadata>

         <objectType>Datastore</objectType>

         <propertyConditions>

            <com.vmware.data.query.CompositeConstraint>

                <nestedConstraints>

                    <com.vmware.data.query.PropertyConstraint>

                        <propertyName>summary.type</propertyName>

                        <comparator>EQUALS_ANY_OF</comparator>

                        <comparableValue>

                            <String>VVOL,NFS,NFS41,NAS,VMFS</String>

                        </comparableValue>

                    </com.vmware.data.query.PropertyConstraint>

                </nestedConstraints>

            </com.vmware.data.query.CompositeConstraint>

        </propertyConditions>

    </metadata>

   </extension>

Please provide inputs on this.

Thanks in Advance.

[stoevm]

Hi dharmeshj,

On which vCenter version is this problem occurring  ? 

Cheers,
Martin

[dharmeshj]

Hi Stoevm,

Thanks for replying, I am getting this issue in vcenter 6.5 version.

Regards

Dharmesh

[kumartade]

To be specific we are using vSphere v6.5U2

[kumartade]

Could you please provide the working sample of plugin.xml?

[stoevm]

Hi,

The problem in the upper snippet  are the following lines:

<comparator>EQUALS_ANY_OF</comparator>

<comparableValue>

    <String>VVOL,NFS,NFS41,NAS,VMFS</String>

</comparableValue>

<comparator>EQUALS_ANY_OF</comparator>
<comparableValue>   
    <String>VVOL,NFS,NFS41,NAS,VMFS</String>
</comparableValue>

They should be written as 

<comparator>EQUALS_ANY_OF</comparator>
<comparableValue>    
    <Array>   
         <String>VVOL</String>
         <String>NFS</String>
         <String>NFS41</String>
         <String>NAS</String>
         <String>VMFS</String>
    </Array>
</comparableValue>

Sorry for the delay.
Martin

[kumartade]

Thanks. We will try and let you know.

But as per vSphere Client SDK documentation Online Documentation - Developing Local Plug-ins with the vSphere Client SDK - VMware {code} it is mentioned as comma seperated.

"You use the <comparator> element to choose how the property is compared against the value you specify in the filter. You can use values of EQUALS, NOT_EQUALS, GREATER, SMALLER, CONTAINS, EQUALS_ANY_OF or CONTAINS_ANY_OF. If you use the CONTAINS operator, you must provide an array of values. If you use the operators EQUALS_ANY_OF or CONTAINS_ANY_OF, you must provide a string containing multiple values in the <comparableValue> element, each separated by a comma."

[stoevm]

I saw that too while testing.

Noted. We should fix this documentation bug.

Thanks kumartade,
Martin

[dharmeshj]

Hi,

I applied your suggestion and its working as expected.

Thanks a lot.

Regards

Dharmesh