org.jclouds.rest
Interface RestContext<S,A>

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, Context, Location

All Known Implementing Classes:

RestContextImpl

public interface RestContext<S,A>
extends Context

Represents an authenticated context to the cloud.

Note

Please issue Context.close() when you are finished with this context in order to release resources.

Author:

Adrian Cole

Method Summary

S	getApi() reflects a tuned connection to the cloud which calls getAsyncApi() with predetermined timeouts.
A	getAsyncApi() low-level api to the cloud.

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.Context

close, credentialStore, getApiVersion, getBuildVersion, getCredentialStore, getEndpoint, getIdentity, getName, getProviderMetadata, getUtils, utils

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.domain.Location

getDescription, getId, getIso3166Codes, getMetadata, getParent, getScope

Method Detail

getAsyncApi

A getAsyncApi()

low-level api to the cloud. Threadsafe implementations will return a singleton.

Returns:

a connection to the cloud where all methods return Futures

getApi

S getApi()

reflects a tuned connection to the cloud which calls getAsyncApi() with predetermined timeouts.

Returns:

a connection to the cloud where all methods block