org.ow2.jasmine.vmm.agent.driver
Interface Driver

All Known Implementing Classes:

DummyDriver, HyperVDriver, LibvirtDriver, VMwareDriver, XenDriver

public interface Driver

The Driver class is the entry point of a driver encapsulating a specific server virtualization technology and its associated management protocol. A driver boils down to a factory of server pools.

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getServerPoolCreationAttributes() give the attributes of the server pool
ServerPool	newServerPool(java.lang.String name, javax.management.ObjectName objectname, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> attributes) Builds a new server pool

Method Detail

newServerPool

ServerPool newServerPool(java.lang.String name,
                         javax.management.ObjectName objectname,
                         java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> attributes)
                         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                org.ow2.jasmine.vmm.api.VMMException

Builds a new server pool

Parameters:

name - user-friendly name of the server pool

objectname - JMX object name of the server pool

props - driver-specific properties to be used to create this server pool

Returns:

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

org.ow2.jasmine.vmm.api.VMMException

getServerPoolCreationAttributes

java.lang.String[] getServerPoolCreationAttributes()

give the attributes of the server pool

Returns: