See the chassisA and vsphere-wssdk samples.
See the vsphere-wssdk sample.
Deprecated in 6.5.
Deprecated in 6.5.
See the chassisA and chassisB samples
Differences between the HTML and Flex clients:
Replace ${objectType} by one of the following values to extend existing vSphere objects' views:
cluster, datacenter, dscluster, dvs, dvPortgroup, folder, host, hp, network, resourcePool,
datastore, vApp, vm, template.
| Sdk | Extension point name | Extension object class | Description |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.summarySectionViews | ViewSpec | Add a portlet in the Summary tab view.
See the chassisA and vsphere-wssdk samples. |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.monitorViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Monitor tab view's TOC (HTML client), or add a sub-tab (Flex client).
See the vsphere-wssdk sample. |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.monitor.performanceViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add a view in the Monitor > Performance sub-tab view |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.manageViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Configure tab view's TOC |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.manage.settingsViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Configure tab view's TOC |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.manage.alarmDefinitionsViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add a view in the Configure > Alarm Definitions sub-tab view |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.${objectType}.list.columns | ColumnSetContainer | Add a new column in a list of vSphere objects
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
The following extensions can be used for any objects or are global to the plugin.
| Sdk | Extension point name | Extension object class | Description |
| 5.1 | vise.actions.sets | ActionSpec | Add a set of actions which will appear in default menus
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
| 5.5 | vsphere.core.menus.solutionMenus | ActionMenuItemSpec | Define a custom menu containing actions, submenus and separators.
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
| 5.5 | vsphere.core.objectTypes | ObjectTypeSpec | Declare some UI info (icon, names) associated with a custom object type defined by the plugin.
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
| 5.5 | vmware.prioritization.actions
Not supported in HTML plugins.
|
ActionPriorityGroup | Promote actions in object menus and display them in the object list's toolbar. |
| 5.5 | vmware.prioritization.listActions | ActionPriorityGroup | Define "global" actions added to a list toolbar's left-hand side (i.e. actions that don't need any object context) |
| 5.1 | vise.global.views | GlobalViewSpec | Add a standalone view in the main area (i.e. not related to objects)
See the globalview sample |
| 5.1 | vise.home.shortcuts | ShortcutSpec | Add a shortcut to the Home Screen, pointing to any other extension
See the globalview sample |
| 5.1 | vise.inventory.representationspecs | ObjectRepresentationSpec | Define one or more new icon and label sets for an object collection node in the Object Navigator, along with the conditions under which the icon and label sets appear.
See the chassisB samples |
| 5.1 | vise.navigator.nodespecs | ObjectNavigatorNodeSpec | Add a category, or pointer node extension to the left-hand side navigator
See the globalview and chassis samples |
| 5.1 | vise.relateditems.specs | ObjectRelationSetSpec | Create a new relation between objects
See the chassisB samples |
| 5.5 | vise.dispose.namespace.inclusions | Define a list of namespaces to include with the Dispose Manager, i.e. all types starting with those namespaces will be garbage-collected. |
Extension templates allow to make the UI consistent with the rest of vSphere Client when adding custom objects. Instantiating a template creates a set of standard extension points at runtime, so that you don't have to add them manually to your plugin.xml. Templates use a namespace variable, like com.vmware.samples.chassis to represent a custom chassis objects; in the lists below replace ${namespace} with the namespace of your choice.
| Sdk | Extension templateId | Extension points created | Description |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.inventory.objectViewTemplate | See below | Creates the object workspace (right hand side) for custom objects
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
| 5.1 | vsphere.core.inventorylist.objectCollectionTemplate | ${namespace}.views | Creates the objects collection node in the inventory
See the chassisA and chassisB samples |
Note: the following extension points are created at runtime for a particular namespace, but the views and tabs won't be visible unless you use these extension points explicitly!
| Sdk | Extension point name | Extension object class | Description |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.gettingStartedViews | ViewSpec | Add views under the Getting Started tab |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.summaryViews | ViewSpec | Add views under the Summary tab view (used by the summaryViewTemplate) |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitorViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Monitor tab view's TOC (HTML client), or add a sub-tab (Flex client) |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.issuesViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add a view to list issues under Monitor > Issues |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.performanceViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add views under the Monitor > Performance sub-tab |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.performance.overviewViews | ViewSpec | Add a view under Monitor > Performance > Overview |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.performance.advancedViews | ViewSpec | Add a view under Monitor > Performance > Advanced |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.taskViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add views under the Monitor > Tasks sub-tab |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.monitor.eventsViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add views under the Monitor > Events sub-tab |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.manageViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Configure tab view's TOC |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.manage.settingsViews | ViewSpec | Add an entry in the Configure tab view's TOC |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.manage.alarmDefinitionsViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add a view in the Configure > Alarm Definitions sub-tab view |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.manage.tagsViews
Deprecated in 6.5.
|
ViewSpec | Add a view in the Configure > Tags sub-tab view |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.manage.permissionViews | ViewSpec | Add a view in the Configure > Permissions sub-tab view |
| 5.1 | ${namespace}.list.columns | ColumnSetContainer | Add a new column in a list of objects |
See also: Getting Started with HTML Client SDK - Eclipse Setup - FAQ - Java API - Javascript API - Tutorial