VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7

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Create the Program that Manages the Extension

An extension communicates with
across a network, so you can use any programming language to create the program that manages an extension.
The product that you are exposing as an extension to
determines the way you create the program that will manage your extension. The managing program must implement
Extension
 to provide the information that
requires to register the extension.
The EAM Sample Solution defines the server side of the solution in the
Manager
 class.
Manager.java
 performs the following tasks for the EAM Sample Solution.
  • Sets up the EAM Sample Solution by obtaining the values for the extension key,
    connection, IP addresses, and port configuration from the
    eamri.properties
     file.
  • Secures the connection to
    by using TLS.
  • Defines methods to construct the URLs through which to access the server side of the extension.
  • Implements the
    Extension
     object to register the EAM Sample Solution as an extension with
    .
  • Integrates the EAM Sample Solution as a solution with
    .
  • Connects the solution to the ESX Agent Manager.
  • Instantiates the class that defines the ESX agents that the solution deploys.
  • Starts the solution in
    .
  • Defines a task to unregister the solution from
    .
  1. Create a program to manage your extension using the programming language of your choice.
    The EAM Sample Solution defines the
    Manager
     class to manage the extension.
    Manager
     implements the Spring Framework API. 
    public class Manager implements InitializingBean {
}
  2. Create an instance of the
    Extension
     data object with which to register the extension with
    .
    The
    Manager
     class defines an internal method that instantiates an
    Extension
    . 
    public class Manager implements InitializingBean {

  [...]
  private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
  [...]
  }
}
Connect the extension to
.

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