com.vmware.cim.helpers

Class GetCim

java.lang.Object

com.vmware.cim.helpers.GetCim

public class GetCim
extends java.lang.Object

provides helper functions for getting objects needed to work with CIM related services from the initial vSphere connection. This class is designed to be as stand-alone as possible.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	GetCim.PasswordCredential The default PasswordCredential will prevent us from using sessionId's that can be over 16 characters in length.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
java.lang.String	cimHostname
Connection	connection
GetHost	getHost
static java.lang.String	IMPL_NAMESPACE
static java.lang.String	INTEROP_NAMESPACE
static java.lang.String[]	NAMESPACES Namespaces are static per server.
static java.lang.String	WBEMCLIENT_FORMAT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GetCim(Connection connection) Only appropriate for direct connections to ESX hosts
GetCim(Connection connection, java.lang.String cimHostname) Appropriate for connections that are to a vCenter then to a managed host.
GetCim(Connection connection, java.lang.String cimHostname, GetHost getHost) if you already constructed a getHost utility use this constructor, appropriate for connecting to a vCenter and a managed host.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
javax.cim.CIMObjectPath	baseObjectPath(java.net.URL base, java.lang.String namespace) Note base + namespace must make sense.
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket, javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path) Creates a web client using the HostServiceTicket object.
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket, java.net.URL baseUrl, java.lang.String namespace)
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket, java.net.URL url, java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String classname) creates a web client from a ticket, a URL, and a namespace and classname to query
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path) Creates a web client using username, password, and a path
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, java.net.URL baseUrl, java.lang.String namespace)
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, java.net.URL url, java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String path) creates a web client using all string based parameters
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(javax.security.auth.Subject subject, javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path)
javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient	client(javax.security.auth.Subject subject, java.net.URL url, java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String classname) if you know how to build your own security subject, use this method instead
javax.cim.CIMObjectPath	objectPath(java.net.URL base, java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String cimclassname) builds a CIMObjectPath based on URI elements
javax.security.auth.Subject	subject(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket) A subject is an authentication construct.
javax.security.auth.Subject	subject(java.lang.String principal, java.lang.String passwordCredential) Builds a security subject object based on the principal name and credential you pass.
com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket	ticket() works only for vCenter, this grants us a ticket to access a ESX host controlled by our vCenter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WBEMCLIENT_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String WBEMCLIENT_FORMAT

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Constant Field Values

INTEROP_NAMESPACE

public static final java.lang.String INTEROP_NAMESPACE

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Constant Field Values

IMPL_NAMESPACE

public static final java.lang.String IMPL_NAMESPACE

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Constant Field Values

NAMESPACES

public static final java.lang.String[] NAMESPACES

Namespaces are static per server. You may query available namespaces using a service location protocol (SLP) agent or simply use the hard coded namespaces known to be hard coded onto the ESX and ESXi hosts.

connection

public final Connection connection

cimHostname

public final java.lang.String cimHostname

getHost

public final GetHost getHost

Constructor Detail

GetCim

public GetCim(Connection connection,
      java.lang.String cimHostname,
      GetHost getHost)

if you already constructed a getHost utility use this constructor, appropriate for connecting to a vCenter and a managed host.

Parameters:

connection -

cimHostname -

getHost -

GetCim

public GetCim(Connection connection,
      java.lang.String cimHostname)

Appropriate for connections that are to a vCenter then to a managed host.

Parameters:

connection -

cimHostname -

GetCim

public GetCim(Connection connection)

Only appropriate for direct connections to ESX hosts

Parameters:

connection -

Method Detail

ticket

public com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket()

works only for vCenter, this grants us a ticket to access a ESX host controlled by our vCenter

Returns:

a valid ticket to use for login

See Also:

HostServiceTicket

baseObjectPath

public javax.cim.CIMObjectPath baseObjectPath(java.net.URL base,
                                     java.lang.String namespace)

Note base + namespace must make sense. There are various formula for creating a valid CIMObjectPath ultimately, these are URI when represented in string form.

Parameters:

base -

namespace -

Returns:

object path representing the query

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CIMObjectPath

objectPath

public javax.cim.CIMObjectPath objectPath(java.net.URL base,
                                 java.lang.String namespace,
                                 java.lang.String cimclassname)

builds a CIMObjectPath based on URI elements

Parameters:

base - - base URL of the CIM server

namespace - - namespace to read

cimclassname - - name of the class to look at

Returns:

fully constructed but CIMObjectPath (will not have properties since it was locally constructed)

See Also:

CIMObjectPath

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket,
                                  javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path)

Creates a web client using the HostServiceTicket object.

NOTE: you must be connected to a vCenter for this to make sense

Parameters:

ticket - granted by vCenter

path - the initial path for the client to talk to

Returns:

a WBEMClient

See Also:

WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(java.lang.String username,
                                  java.lang.String password,
                                  javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path)

Creates a web client using username, password, and a path

Parameters:

username -

password -

path -

Returns:

a web client

See Also:

WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(javax.security.auth.Subject subject,
                                  javax.cim.CIMObjectPath path)

Parameters:

subject - - a security subject built for authentication on the CIM server

path - - initial search path

Returns:

a client ready to work with CIM data

Throws:

GetCimWBEMException - if we cannot initialize the client

See Also:

WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(java.lang.String username,
                                  java.lang.String password,
                                  java.net.URL url,
                                  java.lang.String namespace,
                                  java.lang.String path)

creates a web client using all string based parameters

Parameters:

username -

password -

url -

namespace -

path -

Returns:

a web client

See Also:

WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket,
                                  java.net.URL url,
                                  java.lang.String namespace,
                                  java.lang.String classname)

creates a web client from a ticket, a URL, and a namespace and classname to query

Parameters:

ticket -

url -

namespace -

classname -

Returns:

a web client

See Also:

WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(javax.security.auth.Subject subject,
                                  java.net.URL url,
                                  java.lang.String namespace,
                                  java.lang.String classname)

if you know how to build your own security subject, use this method instead

Parameters:

subject -

url -

namespace -

classname -

Returns:

a client

See Also:

WBEMClient

subject

public javax.security.auth.Subject subject(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket)

A subject is an authentication construct. The vSphere API allows you to obtain a ticket from the vSphere SDK and use that ticket to construct a subject based on it.

Returns:

the subject built with the ticket for use in WBEMClient

See Also:

WBEMClient, Subject

subject

public javax.security.auth.Subject subject(java.lang.String principal,
                                  java.lang.String passwordCredential)

Builds a security subject object based on the principal name and credential you pass.

Parameters:

principal -

passwordCredential -

Returns:

a subject for use in the WBEMClient

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(com.vmware.vim25.HostServiceTicket ticket,
                                  java.net.URL baseUrl,
                                  java.lang.String namespace)

client

public javax.wbem.client.WBEMClient client(java.lang.String username,
                                  java.lang.String password,
                                  java.net.URL baseUrl,
                                  java.lang.String namespace)