View (Apache jclouds 2.4.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AWSEC2ComputeServiceContext, AWSS3BlobStoreContext, BlobStoreContext, CloudStackContext, ComputeServiceContext, EC2ComputeServiceContext, LoadBalancerServiceContext, S3BlobStoreContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AWSEC2ComputeServiceContextImpl, AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl, BaseView, BlobStoreContextImpl, CloudStackContextImpl, ComputeServiceContextImpl, EC2ComputeServiceContextImpl, LoadBalancerServiceContextImpl, RegionScopedBlobStoreContext, S3BlobStoreContextImpl
```
@Beta
public interface View
```
View allows access to the provider-specific, or library-driven api behind an abstraction. One backend context can support multiple views.
For example, the CloudStackContext can be backend by both ComputeServiceContext and LoadBalancerServiceContext, as the api covers these features.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<?>`	`getBackendType()`
`<C extends Context> C`	`unwrap()`	shortcut for `unwrap(getWrappedType())`
`<C extends Context> C`	`unwrap(com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<C> type)`	Return an object of the specified type to allow access to the backend context.
`<A extends Closeable> A`	`unwrapApi(Class<A> apiClass)`	Unwraps the underlying api from this view.

- Method Detail
  - getBackendType
```
com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<?> getBackendType()
```
    Returns:
    
    type of the context powering the current one.
  - unwrap
```
<C extends Context> C unwrap(com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<C> type)
                      throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Return an object of the specified type to allow access to the backend context. If the backend context is not assignable from the supplied type, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown. ex.
    ApiContext backendApi = computeContext.unwrap(new TypeToken>(){});
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type of the context to be returned. The backend context must be assignable from this type.
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of the specified type
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the backend context is not assignable from the specified class.
    
    See Also:
    
    getBackendType()
  - unwrap
```
<C extends Context> C unwrap()
                      throws ClassCastException
```
    shortcut for unwrap(getWrappedType())
    
    Throws:
    
    ClassCastException - if the user supplied C param is not assignableFrom getBackendType()
  - unwrapApi
```
<A extends Closeable> A unwrapApi(Class<A> apiClass)
```
    Unwraps the underlying api from this view.
    
    Parameters:
    
    apiClass - The class of the api to unwrap.
    
    Returns:
    
    The unwrapped api.
    
    Since:
    
    1.7