VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Set the extension product information

You provide product information about an extension by setting properties when you instantiate the
Extension
 object in the program that manages the extension. The product information that you set appears in the
vSphere Client
.
You can instantiate the
Extension
 data object in the
MyManager.java
 class. Your solution can set the
Extension
 product information properties directly in
MyManager.java
, but you can set the property values in configuration files that the program that manages the extension accesses.
  1. Provide a description for the extension by creating an instance of the
    Description
     data object and passing it to
    Extension
    .
      private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
    [...]
    Description description = new Description();
    description.setLabel("My Solution");
    description.setSummary("This extension represents my solution.");
    extension.setDescription(description);
    [...]
  }
  2. Provide a version number for the extension by calling the
    Extension.setVersion()
     method.
    private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
    [...]
    extension.setVersion("0.1");
    [...]
  }
  3. Change the value of the version property in
    MyManager.java
    .
  4. Provide information about the vendor of the extension by calling the
    Extension.setCompany()
     method.
    You can set the
    vendor
     property by adding the following line of code to
    MyManager.java
    . 
    private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
    [...]
    extension.setVersion("0.1");
    extension.setCompany("My Company");
    [...]
  }
  5. Provide URLs to Web pages for the product and for the vendor of the extension by creating an instance of the
    ExtExtendedProductInfo
     data object and passing it to
    Extension
    .
    You can set the
    companyUrl
     property for
    ExtExtendedProductInfo
     by calling the
    ExtExtendedProductInfo.setCompanyUrl()
     method in
    MyManager.java
    : 
    private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
    [...]
    ExtExtendedProductInfo extExtendedProductInfo = new
    ExtExtendedProductInfo();
    extExtendedProductInfo.setCompanyUrl("www.mycompany.com");
    extExtendedProductInfo.setProductUrl("www.mycompany.com/myproduct");
    extension.setExtendedProductInfo(extExtendedProductInfo);
    [...]
  }
  6. Save, build and deploy your solution.
  7. View your changes in the
    vSphere Client
    .
    If you edit the values of the
    version
    ,
    company
    ,
    companyUrl
    , and
    productUrl
     properties, your changes appear in the
    Summary
     tab of your solution.
You provided product information about an extension by setting properties in the
Extension
 and
ExtExtendedProductInfo
 data objects.
Set the extension name and localization information.

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