com.agaetis.vmware
Class VixLibrary

java.lang.Object
  com.agaetis.vmware.VixLibrary

public class VixLibrary
extends Object

Class for the mapping between vix library and java using jna.

NB : If the libvix.so is used to connect to another console than VMware Server 1.0 then you have to change the libvix.so in resources/libs

NB : This class use libvixAllProducts so it has to be in the jna path.

Author:

Franck MARCHAND

Nested Class Summary

static interface

VixLibrary.VixLibraryInterface

Field Summary

(package private) URL

libsURL

Constructor Summary

VixLibrary()

Method Summary

static void	checkError(int err) Throws an exception, if there is an error.
static void	checkHandle(int handle) This static method check if the handle given is valid.
static VixLibrary.VixLibraryInterface	getInterfaceInstance() if the platform is linux and if the jna library path contains a vixAllProducts library then load it otherwise load the vix library.
static void	releaseHandle(int handle) Release resources attached to the given handle.
static void	setLibraryPath(String path)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

libsURL

URL libsURL

Constructor Detail

VixLibrary

public VixLibrary()

Method Detail

checkError

public static void checkError(int err)
                       throws VMWareRuntimeException

Throws an exception, if there is an error. The exception explains the error with a message. if there is no error then no exception will be thrown.

Parameters:

err - Error number obtained by Vix_JobWait

Throws:

VMWareRuntimeException

checkHandle

public static void checkHandle(int handle)
                        throws VMWareRuntimeException

This static method check if the handle given is valid. it means different from Vix.INVALID_HANDLE If handle is not valid it will throw an exception.

Parameters:

handle - Handle to check

Throws:

VMWareRuntimeException

releaseHandle

public static void releaseHandle(int handle)

Release resources attached to the given handle.

Parameters:

handle - Handle to release.

setLibraryPath

public static void setLibraryPath(String path)

getInterfaceInstance

public static VixLibrary.VixLibraryInterface getInterfaceInstance()

if the platform is linux and if the jna library path contains a vixAllProducts library then load it otherwise load the vix library.

Returns:

interface instance