com.xensource.xenapi

Class Connection

java.lang.Object

com.xensource.xenapi.Connection

public class Connection
extends Object

Represents a connection to a XenServer. Creating a new instance of this class initialises a new XmlRpcClient that is then used by all method calls: each method call in xenapi takes a Connection as a parameter, composes an XMLRPC method call, and dispatches it on the Connection's client via the dispatch method.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	BINDINGS_VERSION The version of the bindings that this class belongs to.
Boolean	rioConnection Deprecated. Use getAPIVersion() instead.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Connection(String client, String username, String password) Deprecated. Use a constructor that takes a URL as the first parameter instead.
Connection(URL url) Creates a connection to a particular server using a given username and password.
Connection(URL url, String sessionReference) Creates a connection to a particular server using a given username and password.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dispose() Nothrow guarantee.
protected void	finalize()
APIVersion	getAPIVersion() Updated when Session.login_with_password() is called.
org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientConfigImpl	getConfig()
String	getSessionReference()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BINDINGS_VERSION

public static final String BINDINGS_VERSION

The version of the bindings that this class belongs to.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

rioConnection

@Deprecated
public Boolean rioConnection

Deprecated. Use getAPIVersion() instead.

true if the connection is to the Rio edition of XenServer. Certain function calls are not allowed.

Constructor Detail

Connection

@Deprecated
public Connection(String client,
                     String username,
                     String password)
           throws MalformedURLException,
                  org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException,
                  Types.BadServerResponse,
                  Types.SessionAuthenticationFailed,
                  Types.XenAPIException

Deprecated. Use a constructor that takes a URL as the first parameter instead.

Creates a connection to a particular server using a given username and password. This object can then be passed in to any other API calls. This constructor calls Session.loginWithPassword, passing itself as the first parameter. When this constructor is used, a call to dispose() (also called in the Connection's finalizer) will attempt a Session.logout on this connection.

Throws:

MalformedURLException

org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException

Types.BadServerResponse

Types.SessionAuthenticationFailed

Types.XenAPIException

Connection

public Connection(URL url)

Creates a connection to a particular server using a given username and password. This object can then be passed in to any other API calls. Note this constructor does NOT call Session.loginWithPassword; the programmer is responsible for calling it, passing the Connection as a parameter. No attempt to connect to the server is made until login is called. When this constructor is used, a call to dispose() will do nothing. The programmer is responsible for manually logging out the Session.

Connection

public Connection(URL url,
          String sessionReference)

Creates a connection to a particular server using a given username and password. This object can then be passed in to any other API calls. The additional sessionReference parameter must be a reference to a logged-in Session. Any method calls on this Connection will use it. This constructor does not call Session.loginWithPassword, and dispose() on the resulting Connection object does not call Session.logout. The programmer is responsible for ensuring the Session is logged in and out correctly.

Method Detail

getAPIVersion

public APIVersion getAPIVersion()

Updated when Session.login_with_password() is called.

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws Throwable

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable

dispose

public void dispose()

Nothrow guarantee.

getConfig

public org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientConfigImpl getConfig()

getSessionReference

public String getSessionReference()