VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7

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Add Tabs to the EAM Sample Solution

When you create a solution, you can add tabs to your solution to allow users to configure the solution and to access the functions of the solution in the
.
  • Verify that you have set up and started the EAM Sample Solution in an application server.
  • Verify that you have opened
    eam_work_folder
    \src\com\vmware\eam\sample\solution\Manager.java
     in an editor.
  • Examine the code of the
    ConfigController.java
     and
    ConfigModel.java
     classes and the
    config.jsp
     file to see how they expose the functions of the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page.
You define the content of tabs as dynamic Web pages. For example, you can define tabs that allow you to perform the following kinds of actions.
  • Configure the solution.
  • Show events triggered by the solution events or
    .
  • Deploy predefined virtual machines or vApps of different types.
  • Monitor the solution application or the virtual machines that it deploys.
  • Uninstall the solution.
You create tabs by implementing the
ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
 data object in the program that manages the solution. You set properties in
ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
 to provide a label for the tabs and a URL to the dynamic Web pages that provide the content of the tabs. You create one
ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
 instance for each tab that you add to your solution. You pass that instance to
ExtSolutionManagerInfo
 in an array.
How you define the content of the tabs depends on the function of the application that the solution adds to
.
The EAM Sample Solution adds a Configuration portlet to the Summary page of the solution. With the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page, you can deploy ESX agents on the hosts that
manages and to uninstall the solution. You find the implementation of the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page in
eam_sample_solution_working_folder
\src\com\vmware\eam\sample\solution\ui
.
Elements of the EAM Sample Solution Configuration Page
File
Description
ConfigModel.java
Defines the actions of the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page by calling methods that
Manager.java
 and
AgentHandler.java
 define.
ConfigController.java
Constructs the Web page that appears for the EAM Sample Solution from the
eam_sample_solution_working_folder
\war\WEB-INF\jsp\config.jsp
 file.
The EAM Sample Solution implements
ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
 in the
Manager.java
 class.
  1. Create an instance of
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo
     in the program that manages the solution.
    The following lines in the
    Manager.java
     class show how the EAM Sample Solution creates an instance of
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo
    . 
    private Extension createExtensionObject() { 
  Extension extension = new Extension();
  [...]
  ExtSolutionManagerInfo extSolutionManagerInfo = 
    new ExtSolutionManagerInfo();
  [...]
}
  2. Create an instance of
    ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
     to contain the name of the page and a link to the Web page that defines its contents. 
    ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo extSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo = 
    new ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo();
  3. Call the
    ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo.setLabel()
     method to provide a name for the page.
    Manager.java
     names the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page. 
    extSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo.setLabel("Configuration");
  4. Call the
    ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo.setUrl()
     method to provide a URL to the Web page that defines the contents of the EAM Sample Solution Configuration page.
    Manager.java
     uses the
    config.html
     Web page to define the contents of the configuration page. 
    extSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo.setUrl("/config.html");
  5. Add the tab to the array of
    ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo
     instances that define the tabs for the solution in the
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo
     object. 
    extSolutionManagerInfo.getTab().add(extSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo);
You added solution-specific tabs that appear on the Summary page of the EAM Sample Solution.
Set up health monitoring for the solution and the objects that it manages.

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