vms

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Index

• type Manager
  • func NewManager(apiServer *api.Server, log logging.Logger) Manager
• type VMFactory

Types

type Manager

type Manager interface {
	// Returns a factory that can create new instances of the VM
	// with the given ID
	GetVMFactory(ids.ID) (VMFactory, error)

	// Associate an ID with the factory that creates new instances
	// of the VM with the given ID
	RegisterVMFactory(ids.ID, VMFactory) error

	// Given an alias, return the ID of the VM associated with that alias
	Lookup(string) (ids.ID, error)

	// Return the aliases associated with a VM
	Aliases(ids.ID) []string

	// Give an alias to a VM
	Alias(ids.ID, string) error
}

Manager is a VM manager. It has the following functionality:

1. Register a VM factory. To register a VM is to associate its ID with a VMFactory which, when New() is called upon it, creates a new instance of that VM.
2. Get a VM factory. Given the ID of a VM that has been registered, return the factory that the ID is associated with.
3. Associate a VM with an alias
4. Get the ID of the VM by the VM's alias
5. Get the aliases of a VM

func NewManager

func NewManager(apiServer *api.Server, log logging.Logger) Manager

NewManager returns an instance of a VM manager

type VMFactory

type VMFactory interface {
	New(*snow.Context) (interface{}, error)
}

A VMFactory creates new instances of a VM