org.jclouds.providers
Interface ProviderMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata, AWSEC2ProviderMetadata, AWSS3ProviderMetadata, AzureBlobProviderMetadata, BaseProviderMetadata, BluelockVCloudZone01ProviderMetadata, CloudFilesUKProviderMetadata, CloudFilesUSProviderMetadata, CloudLoadBalancersUSProviderMetadata, CloudOneStorageProviderMetadata, CloudServersUKProviderMetadata, CloudServersUSProviderMetadata, CloudSigmaLasVegasProviderMetadata, CloudSigmaZurichProviderMetadata, ElasticHostsBlueSquareLondonProviderMetadata, ElasticHostsPeer1LondonProviderMetadata, ElasticHostsPeer1SanAntonioProviderMetadata, EucalyptusPartnerCloudEC2ProviderMetadata, EucalyptusPartnerCloudS3ProviderMetadata, Go2CloudJohannesburg1ProviderMetadata, GoGridProviderMetadata, GreenHouseDataElementVCloudProviderMetadata, NinefoldStorageProviderMetadata, OpenHostingEast1ProviderMetadata, RimuHostingProviderMetadata, SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata, ServerloveManchesterProviderMetadata, SkaliCloudMalaysiaProviderMetadata, SlicehostProviderMetadata, SoftLayerProviderMetadata, StratoGenVCloudMyCloudProviderMetadata, SynapticStorageProviderMetadata, TerremarkECloudProviderMetadata, TerremarkVCloudExpressProviderMetadata

public interface ProviderMetadata

The ProviderMetadata interface allows jclouds to provide a plugin framework for gathering cloud provider metadata.

Author:

Jeremy Whitlock

Field Summary

static String	BLOBSTORE_TYPE
static String	COMPUTE_TYPE
static String	LOADBALANCER_TYPE
static String	MONITOR_TYPE
static String	QUEUE_TYPE
static String	TABLE_TYPE

Method Summary

URI	getApiDocumentation()
URI	getConsole()
String	getCredentialName()
URI	getHomepage()
String	getId()
String	getIdentityName()
Set<String>	getIso3166Codes()
Set<String>	getLinkedServices()
String	getName()
String	getType()

Field Detail

BLOBSTORE_TYPE

static final String BLOBSTORE_TYPE

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COMPUTE_TYPE

static final String COMPUTE_TYPE

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LOADBALANCER_TYPE

static final String LOADBALANCER_TYPE

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TABLE_TYPE

static final String TABLE_TYPE

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QUEUE_TYPE

static final String QUEUE_TYPE

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MONITOR_TYPE

static final String MONITOR_TYPE

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Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns:

the provider's unique identifier

getType

String getType()

Returns:

the provider's type

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the name (display name) of the provider

getIdentityName

String getIdentityName()

Returns:

the name (display name) of an identity on this provider (ex. user, email, account, apikey)

getCredentialName

@Nullable
String getCredentialName()

Returns:

the name (display name) of a credential on this provider, or null if there is none (ex. password, secret, rsaKey)

getHomepage

URI getHomepage()

Returns:

the url for the provider's homepage

getConsole

URI getConsole()

Returns:

the url for the provider's console

getApiDocumentation

URI getApiDocumentation()

Returns:

the url for the API documentation related to this service

getLinkedServices

Set<String> getLinkedServices()

Returns:

all known services linked to the same account on this provider

getIso3166Codes

Set<String> getIso3166Codes()

Returns:

all known region/location ISO 3166 codes