[occi-wg] OCCI MC - State Machine Diagram

[Roger Menday]

>>
>>
>> This is likely to be an absolute requirement - I don't want to have  
>> to press the start button 50 times to get 50 instances so there  
>> will need to be some way to create-en-masse for a start (probably  
>> with the flexibility of ranges ala amazon). I may also need to  
>> specify cold start vs warm start (e.g. with or without state). I've  
>> not really even started thinking about this yet, beyond knowing  
>> that there are a few potential solutions.
>
> So, actuators don't seem to cover this (?)
>
> Modeling state discovery *and* request as part of a model does seems  
> to be a good alternative.
>
> It just means you need to pass parameters to the actuator via a GET  
> or POST request (GET comes to mind first but POST works with more/ 
> larger parameters)...

I hope I don't get a visit from the REST police for this comment, but  
wouldn't the GET here be frowned upon ... (??)

Roger




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