REST API - constant

vapi metadata metamodel: constant value

The constant_value structure contains the metamodel information of the constant element.

Representations:

JSON
XML

{
    "category": "PRIMITIVE",
    "list_value": [
        {
            "boolean_value": true,
            "double_value": 1.5,
            "long_value": 1,
            "string_value": "string",
            "type": "BOOLEAN"
        },
        {
            "boolean_value": true,
            "double_value": 1.5,
            "long_value": 1,
            "string_value": "string",
            "type": "BOOLEAN"
        }
    ],
    "primitive_value": {
        "boolean_value": true,
        "double_value": 1.5,
        "long_value": 1,
        "string_value": "string",
        "type": "BOOLEAN"
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:ConstantValue xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/metamodel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <category>PRIMITIVE</category>
  <primitive_value>
    <long_value>1</long_value>
    <double_value>1.5</double_value>
    <string_value>string</string_value>
    <type>BOOLEAN</type>
    <boolean_value>true</boolean_value>
  </primitive_value>
  <list_value-array>
    <array-item>
      <long_value>1</long_value>
      <double_value>1.5</double_value>
      <string_value>string</string_value>
      <type>BOOLEAN</type>
      <boolean_value>true</boolean_value>
    </array-item>
    <array-item>
      <long_value>1</long_value>
      <double_value>1.5</double_value>
      <string_value>string</string_value>
      <type>BOOLEAN</type>
      <boolean_value>true</boolean_value>
    </array-item>
  </list_value-array>
</ns0:ConstantValue>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Required
category	string	Category of the type of constant value. Defines enumeration values for the valid kinds of values. Value is one of: PRIMITIVE: Indicates the type of constant value is primitive. LIST: Indicates the type of constant value is a list.
Optional
primitive_value	primitive_value	Primitive value of the constant element. Optional. It is only relevant when category has value PRIMITIVE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `category` is PRIMITIVE.
list_value	primitive_value[]	List value of the constant element. Optional. It is only relevant when category has value LIST. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `category` is LIST.