Context (Apache jclouds 2.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, Location

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApiContext<A>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApiContextImpl, ContextImpl
```
public interface Context
extends Location, Closeable
```
Represents an authenticated context to the cloud.
Note
Please issue close() when you are finished with this context in order to release resources.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes all connections, including executor service
`String`	`getIdentity()`
`String`	`getName()`	Identifies the Context.
`ProviderMetadata`	`getProviderMetadata()`
`boolean`	`isOpen()`
`Utils`	`utils()`

Methods inherited from interface org.jclouds.domain.Location
getDescription, getId, getIso3166Codes, getMetadata, getParent, getScope

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Identifies the Context. This is a unique name optionally specified by the user and safe to index on. The purpose of this property is to provide means to distinct between multiple contexts, without having to check multiple properties or have explicit knowledge of how the context was created.
    
    Returns:
  - getProviderMetadata
```
ProviderMetadata getProviderMetadata()
```
    Returns:
    
    the providerMetadata used to create this context
    
    See Also:
    
    ContextBuilder.newBuilder(org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata)
  - getIdentity
```
String getIdentity()
```
    Returns:
    
    the current login user, access key, email, or whatever the 'identity' field was building the context.
    
    See Also:
    
    ApiMetadata#getDefaultIdentity
  - utils
```
Utils utils()
```
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Closes all connections, including executor service
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface Closeable
  - isOpen
```
boolean isOpen()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if context open