org.jclouds.compute.domain
Interface ComputeMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>>, org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Hardware, Image, NodeMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComputeMetadataImpl, HardwareImpl, ImageImpl, NodeMetadataImpl

public interface ComputeMetadata
extends org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>

Author:

Ivan Meredith, Adrian Cole

Method Summary

String	getId() A means to uniquely address this resource within a provider.
String	getName()
String	getProviderId()
Set<String>	getTags()
ComputeType	getType()

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata

getLocation, getUri, getUserMetadata

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getType

ComputeType getType()

Specified by:

getType in interface org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>

Returns:

Type of the resource, ex node, image, size

getProviderId

String getProviderId()

Specified by:

getProviderId in interface org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>

Returns:

id of the server within the naming scope it was created. potentially generated by the service.

getName

@Nullable
String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface org.jclouds.domain.ResourceMetadata<ComputeType>

Returns:

user defined name of the server.

getId

String getId()

A means to uniquely address this resource within a provider. For example, if the namespace of a node or image is region based, the id will likely include both the region and the provider-supplied id encoded to avoid collisions.

Returns:

unique id within your account on the provider

getTags

Set<String> getTags()

Returns:

tags describing this resource, if supported