VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 7.0

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Add a Solution to
vCenter Server Extensions

You add a solution to
vCenter Server Extensions
 by setting the
shownInSolutionManager
 property in the implementation of the
Extension
 data object that manages the solution.
  • 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.
The EAM Sample Solution sets the
shownInSolutionManager
 property in the
Manager.java
 class.
  1. Call the
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo()
     constructor to create an instance of
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo
     in the class that implements
    Extension
    .
    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. Call the
    setSolutionManagerInfo()
     method to set the
    ExtSolutionManagerInfo
     instance in the solution implementation.
    The following lines in the
    Manager.java
     class show how the EAM Sample Solution calls the
    setSolutionManagerInfo()
     method. 
    private Extension createExtensionObject() { 
  Extension extension = new Extension();

  [...]
  ExtSolutionManagerInfo extSolutionManagerInfo = 
    new ExtSolutionManagerInfo();
  [...]
  extension.setSolutionManagerInfo(extSolutionManagerInfo);

}
  3. Set the value of the
    shownInSolutionManager
     property to true by calling the
    setShownInSolutionManager()
     method on the implementation of the
    Extension
     object.
    The following lines in the
    Manager.java
     class show how the EAM Sample Solution sets the
    shownInSolutionManager
     property. 
    private Extension createExtensionObject() { 
  Extension extension = new Extension();

  [...]
  ExtSolutionManagerInfo extSolutionManagerInfo = 
    new ExtSolutionManagerInfo();
  [...]
  extension.setSolutionManagerInfo(extSolutionManagerInfo);
  extension.setShownInSolutionManager(true);
  [...]

}
You set the
shownInSolutionManager
 property in the implementation of the
Extension
 data object that defines the solution. By setting the
shownInSolutionManager
 property to
true
, a solution appears in
vCenter Server Extensions
 when it registers with
vCenter Server
.

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