REST API - generic_instantiation

vapi metadata metamodel: generic instantiation

The generic_instantiation structure describes the type information of a typed element when the type is an instantiation of one of the generic types provided by the infrastructure.

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{
    "element_type": {
        "builtin_type": "VOID",
        "category": "BUILTIN",
        "generic_instantiation": {
            "element_type": {
                "builtin_type": "VOID",
                "category": "BUILTIN",
                "generic_instantiation": {
                    "generic_type": "LIST"
                },
                "user_defined_type": {
                    "resource_id": "obj-103",
                    "resource_type": "string"
                }
            },
            "generic_type": "LIST"
        },
        "user_defined_type": {
            "resource_id": "obj-103",
            "resource_type": "string"
        }
    },
    "generic_type": "LIST",
    "map_key_type": {
        "builtin_type": "VOID",
        "category": "BUILTIN",
        "generic_instantiation": {
            "element_type": {
                "builtin_type": "VOID",
                "category": "BUILTIN",
                "generic_instantiation": {
                    "generic_type": "LIST"
                },
                "user_defined_type": {
                    "resource_id": "obj-103",
                    "resource_type": "string"
                }
            },
            "generic_type": "LIST"
        },
        "user_defined_type": {
            "resource_id": "obj-103",
            "resource_type": "string"
        }
    },
    "map_value_type": {
        "builtin_type": "VOID",
        "category": "BUILTIN",
        "generic_instantiation": {
            "element_type": {
                "builtin_type": "VOID",
                "category": "BUILTIN",
                "generic_instantiation": {
                    "generic_type": "LIST"
                },
                "user_defined_type": {
                    "resource_id": "obj-103",
                    "resource_type": "string"
                }
            },
            "generic_type": "LIST"
        },
        "user_defined_type": {
            "resource_id": "obj-103",
            "resource_type": "string"
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:GenericInstantiation xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vapi/metadata/metamodel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <map_key_type>
    <user_defined_type>
      <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
      <resource_type>string</resource_type>
    </user_defined_type>
    <category>BUILTIN</category>
    <generic_instantiation>
      <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
      <element_type>
        <user_defined_type>
          <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
          <resource_type>string</resource_type>
        </user_defined_type>
        <category>BUILTIN</category>
        <generic_instantiation>
          <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
        </generic_instantiation>
        <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
      </element_type>
    </generic_instantiation>
    <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
  </map_key_type>
  <map_value_type>
    <user_defined_type>
      <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
      <resource_type>string</resource_type>
    </user_defined_type>
    <category>BUILTIN</category>
    <generic_instantiation>
      <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
      <element_type>
        <user_defined_type>
          <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
          <resource_type>string</resource_type>
        </user_defined_type>
        <category>BUILTIN</category>
        <generic_instantiation>
          <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
        </generic_instantiation>
        <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
      </element_type>
    </generic_instantiation>
    <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
  </map_value_type>
  <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
  <element_type>
    <user_defined_type>
      <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
      <resource_type>string</resource_type>
    </user_defined_type>
    <category>BUILTIN</category>
    <generic_instantiation>
      <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
      <element_type>
        <user_defined_type>
          <resource_id>obj-103</resource_id>
          <resource_type>string</resource_type>
        </user_defined_type>
        <category>BUILTIN</category>
        <generic_instantiation>
          <generic_type>LIST</generic_type>
        </generic_instantiation>
        <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
      </element_type>
    </generic_instantiation>
    <builtin_type>VOID</builtin_type>
  </element_type>
</ns0:GenericInstantiation>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Required
generic_type	string	The generic type that is being instantiated. Provides enumeration values for each of the generic types provided by the infrastructure. Value is one of: LIST: Indicates the generic type is a list. MAP: Indicates the generic type is a map. OPTIONAL: Indicates the generic type is an optional. SET: Indicates the generic type is a set.
Optional
element_type	type	Type of the element parameter if the generic type instantiation is a LIST, OPTIONAL or SET. Optional. It is only relevant when generic_type has value [LIST, OPTIONAL, SET]. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `generic_type` is one of LIST, OPTIONAL, or SET.
map_key_type	type	Type of the key parameter of the map generic type instantiation. The map generic type has a key parameter and value parameter. The type of the value parameter is described by vapi.metadata.metamodel.generic_instantiation.map_value_type.. Optional. It is only relevant when generic_type has value MAP. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `generic_type` is MAP.
map_value_type	type	Type of the value parameter of the map generic type instantiation. The map generic type has a key parameter and value parameter. The type of the key parameter is described by vapi.metadata.metamodel.generic_instantiation.map_key_type.. Optional. It is only relevant when generic_type has value MAP. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `generic_type` is MAP.