org.jclouds
Interface Context

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, Location

All Known Subinterfaces:

RestContext<S,A>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContextImpl, RestContextImpl

public interface Context
extends Location, Closeable

Represents an authenticated context to the cloud.

Note

Please issue close() when you are finished with this context in order to release resources.

Author:

Adrian Cole

Method Summary

void	close() Closes all connections, including executor service
String	getIdentity()
String	getName() Identifies the Context.
ProviderMetadata	getProviderMetadata()
Utils	getUtils()
Utils	utils()

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.domain.Location

getDescription, getId, getIso3166Codes, getMetadata, getParent, getScope

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Identifies the Context. This is a unique name optionally specified by the user and safe to index on. The purpose of this property is to provide means to distinct between multiple contexts, without having to check multiple properties or have explicit knowledge of how the context was created.

Returns:

getProviderMetadata

ProviderMetadata getProviderMetadata()

Returns:

the providerMetadata used to create this context

See Also:

ContextBuilder.newBuilder(org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata)

getIdentity

String getIdentity()

Returns:

the current login user, access key, email, or whatever the 'identity' field was building the context.

See Also:

ApiMetadata.getDefaultIdentity()

getUtils

Utils getUtils()

utils

Utils utils()

See Also:

getUtils()

close

void close()

Closes all connections, including executor service

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable