Package com.vmware.vim25.ws

Class ApacheHttpClient

java.lang.Object

com.vmware.vim25.ws.SoapClient

com.vmware.vim25.ws.ApacheHttpClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

Client

public class ApacheHttpClient
extends SoapClient

Created by Michael Rice on 8/12/14.

Copyright 2014 Michael Rice

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.vmware.vim25.ws.SoapClient

baseUrl, connectTimeout, cookie, readTimeout, soapAction, thumbprint, trustManager, vimNameSpace

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ApacheHttpClient(String url)
ApacheHttpClient(String serverUrl, boolean ignoreCert)	Primary constructor
ApacheHttpClient(String serverUrl, boolean ignoreCert, TrustManager trustManager)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	invoke(String methodName, Argument[] paras, String returnType)	Invoke a given method with supplied Argument on the remote vi server.
StringBuffer	invokeAsString(String methodName, Argument[] paras)	Invoke a given method with supplied Argument on the remote vi server.

Methods inherited from class com.vmware.vim25.ws.SoapClient

computeX509CertificateThumbprint, getBaseUrl, getConnectTimeout, getCookie, getReadTimeout, getServerThumbprint, getTrustManager, getVimNameSpace, hexify, marshall, readStream, setBaseUrl, setConnectTimeout, setCookie, setReadTimeout, setServerThumbprint, setSoapActionOnApiVersion, setVimNameSpace, unMarshall

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ApacheHttpClient

public ApacheHttpClient(String serverUrl,
 boolean ignoreCert)
                 throws MalformedURLException

Primary constructor

Parameters:

serverUrl - String of the url to the vi server

ignoreCert - boolean to check or ignore ssl. Default ignore

Throws:

MalformedURLException

ApacheHttpClient

public ApacheHttpClient(String serverUrl,
 boolean ignoreCert,
 TrustManager trustManager)
                 throws MalformedURLException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

ApacheHttpClient

public ApacheHttpClient(String url)
                 throws MalformedURLException

Parameters:

url -

Throws:

MalformedURLException

Method Details

invoke

public Object invoke(String methodName,
 Argument[] paras,
 String returnType)
              throws RemoteException

Invoke a given method with supplied Argument on the remote vi server. This method typically creates the payload needed to send to the vi server. For example you would pass in RetrieveServiceContent for the methodName, next the params needed for the method. Next give the returnType the parser should convert the response to in this case the string ServiceContent

Returns an Object of the given return type. Using the example above you would get a ServiceContent Object.

Parameters:

methodName - Name of the method to execute

paras - Array of Arguments aka params for the method

returnType - String name of the return type

Returns:

Object

Throws:

RemoteException

invokeAsString

public StringBuffer invokeAsString(String methodName,
 Argument[] paras)
                            throws RemoteException

Invoke a given method with supplied Argument on the remote vi server. Returns a StringBuffer This works the same as the above call except there is no conversion done on the return data and instead you just get back the StringBuffer content.

Parameters:

methodName - Name of the method to execute

paras - Array of Arguments aka params for the method

Returns:

StringBuffer with the

Throws:

RemoteException