Demonstrates how to use CreateCollectorForEvents and EventFilterSpec in the API to get filtered events

QueryEvent.java

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// QueryEvent.java
//	Example to retrieve the information for all the events
//	Parameters:
//		   <url> 					url of ESX/VC
//		   <username> 				user name
//		   <password> 				password

// This script works with VMware VirtualCenter 2.0 or later.

// This script works with VMware ESX Server 3.0 or later.
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package com.vmware.samples.general;

import com.vmware.vim.*;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*;

public class QueryEvent {	
   private ManagedObjectReference _svcRef;
   private VimServiceLocator _locator;
   private VimPortType _service; 
   private ServiceContent _sic;              
   //Method to connect to create ServiceInstance MOR
   private void createServiceRef() throws Exception {
      _svcRef = new ManagedObjectReference();
      _svcRef.setType("ServiceInstance");
      _svcRef.set_value("ServiceInstance");
    
   }     
   //Method to connect to VC/ESX
   private void connectAndLogin(String[] args) throws Exception {
      System.setProperty("org.apache.axis.components.net.SecureSocketFactory",
                            "org.apache.axis.components.net.SunFakeTrustSocketFactory");
      String url = args[0];
      String username = args[1];
      String password = args[2];      
      createServiceRef();
      _locator = new VimServiceLocator();
      _locator.setMaintainSession(true);
      _service = _locator.getVimPort(new URL(url));
      _sic = _service.retrieveServiceContent(_svcRef);
      if (_sic.getSessionManager() != null) {
         _service.login(_sic.getSessionManager(), username, password, null);
      }
      System.out.println("info---"+_sic.getAbout().getFullName());
   }
   //Logout   
   private void disconnect() throws Exception {
      if (_service != null) {
         _service.logout(_sic.getSessionManager());
         _service = null;
         _sic = null;
      }
   }
   // Main Method
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {       
      System.setProperty("axis.socketSecureFactory", 
                         "org.apache.axis.components.net.SunFakeTrustSocketFactory");
      QueryEvent obj = new QueryEvent();
      obj.connectAndLogin(args);            
      obj.initialize();  
      System.out.println("Disconnecting");    
      obj.disconnect();
   }     
   // Displays all the Events with Full Formatted message
   private void initialize() {      
      try {
         ManagedObjectReference _propCol = _sic.getPropertyCollector();
         ManagedObjectReference _eventManager = _sic.getEventManager();
         EventFilterSpec eventFilter = new EventFilterSpec();

         Event[] events = _service.queryEvents(_eventManager, eventFilter);
         System.out.println("Events In the latestPage are : ");
         for (int i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
           Event anEvent = events[i];
           System.out.println("Event: " + anEvent.getClass().getName() + "  FullFormattedMessage: " + anEvent.getFullFormattedMessage());
         }
      } 
      catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("Caught Exception : " +
                            " Name : " + e.getClass().getName() +
                            " Message : " + e.getMessage() +
                            " Trace : ");
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

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