org.jclouds.domain
Interface ResourceMetadata<T extends Enum<T>>

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<ResourceMetadata<T>>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BlobMetadata, ComputeMetadata, Hardware, Image, LoadBalancerMetadata, MutableBlobMetadata, MutableResourceMetadata<T>, MutableStorageMetadata, NodeMetadata, StorageMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlobMetadataImpl, ComputeMetadataImpl, HardwareImpl, ImageImpl, LoadBalancerMetadataImpl, MutableBlobMetadataImpl, MutableResourceMetadataImpl, MutableStorageMetadataImpl, NodeMetadataImpl, ResourceMetadataImpl, StorageMetadataImpl

public interface ResourceMetadata<T extends Enum<T>>
extends Comparable<ResourceMetadata<T>>

Identifies containers, files, etc.

Author:

Adrian Cole

Method Summary

Location	getLocation() Physical location of the resource, or null if n/a ex.
String	getName() Name of this resource.
String	getProviderId() Unique identifier of this resource within its enclosing namespace.
T	getType() Whether this resource is a container, file, node, queue, etc.
URI	getUri() URI used to access this resource
Map<String,String>	getUserMetadata() Any key-value pairs associated with the resource.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getType

T getType()

Whether this resource is a container, file, node, queue, etc.

getProviderId

String getProviderId()

Unique identifier of this resource within its enclosing namespace. In some scenarios, this id is not user assignable. For files, this may be an system generated key, or the full path to the resource. ex. /path/to/file.txt

getName

String getName()

Name of this resource. Names are dictated by the user. For files, this may be the filename, ex. file.txt

getLocation

Location getLocation()

Physical location of the resource, or null if n/a ex. us-west-1

getUri

URI getUri()

URI used to access this resource

getUserMetadata

Map<String,String> getUserMetadata()

Any key-value pairs associated with the resource.