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The relation property can also reference relation types specified in each plug-in's vso.xml file. The

following example is an excerpt from the networking plug-in vso.xml file.

[...]

</relations>

[...]

In addition to the relation types listed in Table 5-2, Orchestrator also defines the CHILDREN relation, to

represent all relation types.

Return Value

Returns a list of FinderResult objects.

Returns an exception if no children are found or if you pass it an invalid parameter.

getAllPlugins Operation

The getAllPlugins operation returns the description of all the plug-ins installed in Orchestrator.

Many of the actions that you perform using Orchestrator depend on functions that you enable through

plug-ins. Workflows might depend on the existence of certain custom plug-ins, or on standard plug-ins that

the administrator has disabled. Consequently, you can check that the necessary plug-ins are present before

you run a workflow. Without the necessary plug-ins, some object types used by workflows might be absent.

The getAllPlugins operation lists all the available plug-ins as an array of ModuleInfo objects. The

ModuleInfo objects store the name, version, description, and name for each plug-in. A Web service

application can use these attributes to modify its behavior based on the presence or absence of certain

plugged-in modules or versions.

The getAllPlugins operation is declared as follows.

public ModuleInfo[] getAllPlugins(username, password);

The following table describes the getAllPlugins operation properties.

Type Value Description

String

username

Orchestrator user name.

String

password

Orchestrator password.

Return Value

Returns a list of plug-in descriptions as ModuleInfo objects.

getAllWorkflows Operation

The getAllWorkflows operation finds all available workflows.

The getAllWorkflows operation lists all the workflows available in an Orchestrator server as an array of

Workflow objects. The getAllWorkflows operation is also useful for programs that must list information about

workflows, such as the workflows' names, IDs, and so on. The Workflow objects present all the relevant

information about the workflows.

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