Interfaces to the Service Layer
Components communicating in the service layer can use the following types of interfaces:
- Data Service
- The Data Service is an interface accessible to the Data Access Manager or to controller services used by HTML UI components.
- Data Access Manager
- The Data Access Manager is a Flex library provided by VMware to simplify communications between Flex UI components and the service layer.
- PropertyProviderAdapter
- Property Provider Adapters implement the PropertyProviderAdapter interface of the Data Service. This interface is designed to provide properties of VMware managed objects.
- DataProviderAdapter
- Data Provider Adapters implement the DataProviderAdapter interface of the Data Service. This interface is designed to provide properties of custom objects.