org.jclouds.rest
Interface RestContext<S,A>

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, Context, Location

All Known Implementing Classes:

RestContextImpl

public interface RestContext<S,A>
extends Context

Represents an authenticated context to the cloud.

Note

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

Author:

Adrian Cole

Method Summary

S	getApi() reflects a tuned connection to the cloud which calls getAsyncApi() with predetermined timeouts.
A	getAsyncApi() low-level api to the cloud.

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.Context

close, getIdentity, getName, getProviderMetadata, getUtils, utils

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.domain.Location

getDescription, getId, getIso3166Codes, getMetadata, getParent, getScope

Method Detail

getAsyncApi

A getAsyncApi()

low-level api to the cloud. Threadsafe implementations will return a singleton.

Returns:

a connection to the cloud where all methods return Futures

getApi

S getApi()

reflects a tuned connection to the cloud which calls getAsyncApi() with predetermined timeouts.

Returns:

a connection to the cloud where all methods block