Cast an xsd:anyType Array to an Array of Managed Object References

When the PropertyCollector returns array data representing an array of managed objects, the array has the type xsd:anyType. To use the data in your application, you must first cast it to a specialized type for arrays of managed object references.

This example code uses the JAX-WS-generated Java bindings for the VMware vSphere Web Services SDK WSDL.

Procedure

1. Use the DynamicProperty.getVal() method to retrieve the anyType property value.
2. Cast the anyType value to a value of type ArrayOfManagedObjectReference.
3. Use the corresponding get method to assign the result of the cast operation to a list variable.

Example

/*
* Handling arrays of ManagedObjectReference objects.
* Cast the return value to ArrayOfManagedObjectReference and use getManagedObjectReference().
*/
List[] morList =
     ((ArrayOfManagedObjectReference)dynamicProp.getVal()).getManagedObjectReference();