ResourceMetadata (Apache jclouds 2.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<ResourceMetadata<T>>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BlobMetadata, ComputeMetadata, ComputeMetadataIncludingStatus<S>, Hardware, Image, LoadBalancerMetadata, MutableBlobMetadata, MutableResourceMetadata<T>, MutableStorageMetadata, NodeMetadata, StorageMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlobMetadataImpl, ComputeMetadataImpl, HardwareImpl, ImageImpl, LoadBalancerMetadataImpl, MutableBlobMetadataImpl, MutableResourceMetadataImpl, MutableStorageMetadataImpl, NodeMetadataImpl, ResourceMetadataImpl, SecurityGroup, StorageMetadataImpl
```
public interface ResourceMetadata<T extends Enum<T>>
extends Comparable<ResourceMetadata<T>>
```
Identifies containers, files, etc.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Location`	`getLocation()`	Physical location of the resource, or null if n/a ex.
`String`	`getName()`	Name of this resource.
`String`	`getProviderId()`	Unique identifier of this resource within its enclosing namespace.
`T`	`getType()`	Whether this resource is a container, file, node, queue, etc.
`URI`	`getUri()`	URI used to access this resource
`Map<String,String>`	`getUserMetadata()`	Any key-value pairs associated with the resource.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
T getType()
```
    Whether this resource is a container, file, node, queue, etc.
  - getProviderId
```
String getProviderId()
```
    Unique identifier of this resource within its enclosing namespace. In some scenarios, this id is not user assignable. For files, this may be an system generated key, or the full path to the resource. ex. /path/to/file.txt
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Name of this resource. Names are dictated by the user. For files, this may be the filename, ex. file.txt
  - getLocation
```
Location getLocation()
```
    Physical location of the resource, or null if n/a ex. us-west-1
  - getUri
```
URI getUri()
```
    URI used to access this resource
  - getUserMetadata
```
Map<String,String> getUserMetadata()
```
    Any key-value pairs associated with the resource.