LinkType

Element:

Link

Type:

LinkType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Extends reference type by adding relation attribute. Defines a hyper-link with a relationship, hyper-link reference, and an optional MIME type.

Since:

0.9

Schema:

common.xsd

Media type(s):

None

Extends:

ReferenceType

XML Representation:

<Link xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
        rel="xs:string">
    <VCloudExtension required="xs:boolean"/>
</Link>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Deprecated	Description
href	anyURI	Yes	always	0.9		Contains the URI to the entity.
id	string	No	always	0.9		The resource identifier, expressed in URN format. The value of this attribute uniquely identifies the resource, persists for the life of the resource, and is never reused.
type	string	No	always	0.9		Contains the type of the the entity.
name	string	No	always	0.9		Contains the name of the the entity.
rel	string	Yes	always	0.9		Defines the relationship of the link to the object that contains it. A relationship can be the name of an operation on the object, a reference to a contained or containing object, or a reference to an alternate representation of the object. The relationship value implies the HTTP verb to use when you use the link's href as a request URL. See the vCloud API Programming Guide for a list of links and link relations.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Deprecated	Description
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	0.9		An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.