ProviderDefinition class

The ProviderDefinition class represents the definition of a provider, including its name and the classes it provides or manages. Each Provider object references a ProviderDefinition.

ProviderDefinition class APIs

The following tables list the basic APIs, operation APIs, and relationship APIs for the ProviderDefinition class.

Basic APIs

Name	HTTP method	URI	Description
create	`POST`	`csm/ProviderDefinition`	Creates a `ProviderDefinition` object.
delete	`DELETE`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid`	Deletes a `ProviderDefinition` object.
get	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid`	Retrieves a `ProviderDefinition` object.
update	`POST`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/update`	Updates a `ProviderDefinition` object.
search	`POST`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/search`	Searches for `ProviderDefinition` objects.

Operation APIs

The ProviderDefinition class has no operation APIs.

Relationship APIs

Name	HTTP method	URI	Description
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/children`	Retrieves the `children` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/installationProfile`	Retrieves the `installationProfile` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/parent`	Retrieves the `parent` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/peeredWith`	Retrieves the `peeredWith` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/peerOf`	Retrieves the `peerOf` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/providerInstance`	Retrieves the `providerInstance` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/supportedOperations`	Retrieves the `supportedOperations` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/accessAttributes`	Retrieves the `accessAttributes` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/cloudService`	Retrieves the `cloudService` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/installationProfile`	Retrieves the `installationProfile` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/provider`	Retrieves the `provider` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/ProviderDefinition/guid/tags`	Retrieves the `tags` relationship.

ProviderDefinition class relationships and attributes

The following tables list the relationships and attributes of the ProviderDefinition class.

Relationships

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`children`	`ProviderDefinition`	0..*	Children of this provider definition
`installationProfile`	`InstallationProfile`	1	Installation profile that references this provider definition
`parent`	`ProviderDefinition`	0..1	Parent of this provider definition
`peeredWith`	`ProviderDefinition`	0..*	Provider definitions that this provider definition is peered with
`peerOf`	`ProviderDefinition`	0..*	Provider definitions that this provider definition is a peer of
`providerInstance`	`Provider`	0..*	Providers instantiated with this provider definition
`supportedOperations`	`ProvidedOperation`	1..*	Operations that this provider definition implements
`accessAttributes`	`AccessAttribute`	0..*	Access attributes associated with the cloud service definition
`cloudService`	`CloudService`	0..*	Cloud services based on this definition
`installationProfile`	`InstallationProfile`	1	Installation profile that references the cloud service definition
`cloudClass`	`CloudClass`	1	Fully-qualified name of the class to which the object belongs
`provider`	`Provider`	1	Provider that created the object
`tags`	`Tag`	0..*	Tags associated with the object

Attributes

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`isInternal`	`Boolean`	0..1	Indicates whether the provider is an internal provider
`description`	`String`	0..1	Text that describes the object
`guid`	`String`	1	Globally unique identifier for the object
`labels`	`String`	0..*
`modifiedDate`	`Date`	0..1	Date the Cloudobject was modified
`name`	`String`	1	Human-readable name of the object