Key Objects in the vSphere API for Extension and Solution Development

The vSphere API contains objects that are key for developing extensions and for integrating the extensions with ExtensionManager.

Table 1. Key Objects in the vSphere API for Extension and Solution Development

Object	Description
ExtensionManager	You call ExtensionManager.registerExtension() to register an Extension instance with ExtensionManager.
Extension	Information about extension instances, including properties that you set in an ExtSolutionManagerInfo object to integrate an extension as a solution in ExtensionManager.
ExtensionClientInfo	Information about the client side of an extension.
ExtensionEventTypeInfo	Information about the types of events that occur on the objects in the extension.
ExtensionFaultTypeInfo	Information about the types of problems that the objects in the extension encounter.
ExtensionHealthInfo	Information about the health of a solution.
ExtensionPrivilegeInfo	Information about access privileges for the extension.
ExtensionResourceInfo	Information about resource files that contain localizable user interface text and messages that appear in vSphere Web Client in different locales.
ExtensionServerInfo	Information about the server side of an extension.
ExtensionTaskTypeInfo	Information about the types of tasks that the objects perform in the extension.
ExtExtendedProductInfo	Information about the product that the extension exposes to vCenter Server.
ExtManagedEntityInfo	Information about the objects that the extension manages.
ExtSolutionManagerInfo	Information that the solution exposes about itself.
ExtSolutionManagerInfoTabInfo	Information about the tabs that a solution adds to its Summary page.