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VMware Lab Manager SOAP API Guide
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Primitive XML Data Types
Lab ManagerSOAPAPIdatatypesarebasedontheprimitiveXMLdatatypesshown
inTable 31.
TheseprimitivetypesarethebuildingblocksfortheLab Managerdatatypesusedin
makingLab ManagerAPIcalls.
Lab Manager Data Types
Whenwritingyourclientapplication,followthedatatypingrulesdefinedforyour
programminglanguageanddevelopmentenvironment.Your developmenttool
handlesthemappingoftypeddatainyourprogramminglanguagewiththeseSOAP
datatypes.
TheLab Managerdatatypesare definedintheLab ManagerWSDLfile.Foreachtype,
thischapter
listsitspropertiesanddescription.
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 NumericvaluethatcorrespondstotheIEEEdoubleprecision64bitfloating
pointtypedefinedinthestandardIEEE7541985.
xsd:int Numericvaluefrom‐2147483648to2147483647.
xsd:string Anycharacterdata.
Table 3-2. Lab Manager SOAP API Data Types
Data Type Description
AuthenticationHeader Containstheusernameandpasswordofthecaller.Thisdatatypeis
partofeverySOAPheaderinLab ManagerWebServicemethods.
Configuration Configurationobject.
Machine Machineobject.