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The returned children are related to the parent by the getResourcePool relation, defined by the
Orchestrator vCenter Server 4 plug-in.
2 Extract the results from a FinderResult object.
To show, interpret, or process the results in the FinderResult objects that the find operation returns, you
must convey these results to the Web service application.
The following example shows how to extract the results returned in a FinderResult object.
public static void displayFinderResult(FinderResult finderResult) {
if (finderResult != null) {
System.out.println("Finder result is of type '"
+ finderResult.getType()
+ "', id '" + finderResult.getId()
+ "' and uri '"
+ finderResult.getDunesUri() + "'");
System.out.println("And has properties :");
Property[] props = finderResult.getProperties();
if (props != null) {
for (int ii = 0; ii < props.length; ii++) {
System.out.println("\t" + props[ii].getName() + "="
+ props[ii].getValue());
}
}
}
The example defines an internal method, displayFinderResult, which takes a FinderResult object and
obtains and shows its type, ID, the URI at which it is located, and its properties. You can use the URI to
set arguments when starting or answering workflows. The getType, getId, getProperties and
getDunesUri methods are defined by the FinderResult object.
You found objects in the Orchestrator server that the Web service client can access and and run workflows
upon.
What to do next
Implement Web service operations in the client application to find workflows in the Orchestrator server.
Find Workflows in the Orchestrator Server
When you have found the objects with which to interact, you must find the workflows that perform these
interactions.
The Orchestrator Web service API includes the following operations to find all the workflows running in a
given environment, to find a workflow with a particular name, or to find workflows with a particular ID.
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getAllWorkflows
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getWorkflowsWithName
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getWorkflowForID
Find Workflows by Using the getAllWorkflows Operation
The getAllWorkflows operation lists all workflows that a user can access as an array of Workflow objects.
Because the getAllWorkflows operation returns Workflow objects that contain all the information about a
workflow, it is useful for applications that require full information about workflows, such as the workflow's
name, ID, description, parameters, and attributes.
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