com.vmware.apputils
Class EntityHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.vmware.apputils.EntityHelper

public class EntityHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Helper methods for using entity reference objects.

Constructor Summary

EntityHelper()

Method Summary

static com.vmware.vim.sms.EntityReference	parseEntityReference(com.vmware.vim.ManagedObjectReference mor) Takes a VC ManagedObjectReference Id and constructs a valid EntityReference from it.
static com.vmware.vim.ManagedObjectReference	parseMOR(com.vmware.vim.sms.EntityReference entity) Converts the given entity reference, which represents a managed object, to a ManagedObjectReference type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityHelper

public EntityHelper()

Method Detail

parseEntityReference

public static com.vmware.vim.sms.EntityReference parseEntityReference(com.vmware.vim.ManagedObjectReference mor)
                                                               throws com.vmware.apputils.ArgumentHandlingException

Takes a VC ManagedObjectReference Id and constructs a valid EntityReference from it.

Parameters:

mor - managed object reference to translate

Returns:

EntityReference

Throws:

ArgumentHandlingException - if input mor is invalid

parseMOR

public static com.vmware.vim.ManagedObjectReference parseMOR(com.vmware.vim.sms.EntityReference entity)
                                                      throws com.vmware.apputils.ArgumentHandlingException

Converts the given entity reference, which represents a managed object, to a ManagedObjectReference type.

Parameters:

entity - MO entity reference

Returns:

ManagedObjectReference

Throws:

ArgumentHandlingException - if an invalid entity is specified