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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Air Platform Programmer's Guide
- Contents
- About this Programmer's Guide
- About the vCloud Air Platform APIs
- The VMware APIs for Cloud Automation
- XML Namespace Identifiers
- Overview of Object Types
- Link Relationships in the Object Types
- API Versioning
- Roles for the APIs for Cloud Automation
- Authentication and Authorization
- vCloud Air Platform APIs Schema Reference
- Java Code Samples for Cloud Automation
- About the Examples in this Programmer's Guide
- Hello vCloud Air : A RESTful Workflow
- Index
About this Programmer's Guide
The vCloud Air Platform Programmer's Guide provides information about version 5.6 of the vCloud Air
Platform APIs.
VMware
®
provides many different APIs and SDKs for applications and goals. This guide provides
information about the vCloud Air Platform APIs (formerly known as the vCloud Hybrid Service Extensions)
for developers who create RESTful clients for use with vCloud Air subscription services; specifically, the
Dedicated Cloud and Virtual Private Cloud services.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for software developers who are building interactive clients of vCloud Air. This
guide discusses Representational State Transfer (REST) and RESTful programming conventions, and
vCloud Air technology. You must be familiar with these and other widely deployed technologies such as
XML, HTTP, and the Windows or Linux operating system.
Related Publications
The vCloud Air User's Guide and vCloud API Programmer's Guide contain detailed information about many of
the objects and operations referred to in this guide.
To access the current versions of these and other VMware books, go to
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
VMware, Inc.
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