VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7

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Access a
vSphere Automation
 Service

To access a
vSphere Automation
 service, you must have a valid session connection. The sequence for accessing a
vSphere Automation
 service includes creating a protocol connection object and using it to create the service stub.
Establish a connection to the
vSphere Automation
 Endpoint URL. For more information about the authentication mechanisms that you can use, see Authentication Mechanisms.
  1. Create a protocol factory object.
  2. Create a protocol connection object to access an API provider.
    The
    vSphere Automation
     API clients use
    ApiProvider
     instances to invoke operations on services running in the virtual environment. To invoke an operation, you must specify the target service and operation, input parameters, and execution context.
  3. Create a
    StubFactory
     object by using the
    ApiProvider
     instance.
  4. Create a
    StubConfiguration
     instance and set the security context to be used for the service stub.
  5. Create the stub for the
    vSphere Automation
     service interface by calling the create method of the
    StubFactory
     instance. Pass the service class and the
    StubConfiguration
     instance as arguments.

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