/**
* Uses the new RetrievePropertiesEx method to emulate the now deprecated RetrieveProperties
* method.
*
* @param listpfs
* @return list of object content
* @throws Exception
*/
private static List<ObjectContent> retrievePropertiesAllObjects(List<PropertyFilterSpec> listpfs)
throws Exception {
RetrieveOptions propObjectRetrieveOpts = new RetrieveOptions();
List<ObjectContent> listobjcontent = new ArrayList<ObjectContent>();
try {
RetrieveResult rslts =
vimPort.retrievePropertiesEx(propCollectorRef, listpfs, propObjectRetrieveOpts);
if (rslts != null && rslts.getObjects() != null && !rslts.getObjects().isEmpty()) {
listobjcontent.addAll(rslts.getObjects());
}
String token = null;
if (rslts != null && rslts.getToken() != null) {
token = rslts.getToken();
}
while (token != null && !token.isEmpty()) {
rslts = vimPort.continueRetrievePropertiesEx(propCollectorRef, token);
token = null;
if (rslts != null) {
token = rslts.getToken();
if (rslts.getObjects() != null && !rslts.getObjects().isEmpty()) {
listobjcontent.addAll(rslts.getObjects());
}
}
}
} catch (SOAPFaultException sfe) {
printSoapFaultException(sfe);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(" : Failed Getting Contents");
e.printStackTrace();
}
return listobjcontent;
}
