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VMware® Lab Manager SOAP API Guide
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Primitive XML Data Types
LabManagerSOAPAPIdatatypesarebasedontheprimitiveXMLdatatypesshown
inTable 31.
TheseprimitivetypesarethebuildingblocksfortheLabManagerdatatypesusedin
makingLabManagerAPIcalls.
Lab Manager Data Types
Whenwritingyourclientapplication,followthedatatypingrulesdefinedforyour
programminglanguageanddevelopmentenvironment.Yourdevelopmenttool
handlesthemappingoftypeddatainyourprogramminglanguagewiththeseSOAP
datatypes.
TheLabManagerdatatypesaredefinedintheLabManagerWSDLfile.Foreachtype,
thischapterlistsitspropertiesanddescription.
Table 3-1. Primitive XML Data Types in the Lab Manager SOAP API
Value Description
xsd:Boolean Alogicalvalue,includingtrue,false,0,and1.
xsd:date Datevalues.
xsd:dateTime Date/timevalues(timestamps).
xsd:double NumericvaluethatcorrespondstotheIEEE
doubleprecision64bitfloatingpointtype
definedinthestandardIEEE7541985.
xsd:int Numericvaluefrom‐2147483648to2147483647.
xsd:string Anycharacterdata.
Table 3-2. Lab Manager SOAP API Data Types
Data Type Description
AuthenticationHeader Containstheusernameandpasswordofthecaller.Thisdatatypeis
partofeverySOAPheaderinLabManagerWebServicemethods.
Configuration Configurationobject.
Machine Machineobject.