[Engine-devel] restapi: New params for import VM/Template

[Michael Pasternak]

On 05/16/2012 03:44 PM, Ori Liel wrote:
> It's true, existence of ID/name does determine behaviour elsewhere in the API. In this specific case, 
> it feels a bit less intuitive; what do you think about the difference between the following two 
> scenarios?  
> 
> If user passes clone=true, and this VM doesn't already exist on the destination storage-domain, then
> the operation fails - makes direct sense: you wanted to clone, but this VM doesn't already exist. 
> 
> If user passes name=VM1, and this VM doesn't already exist on the destination storage-domain, then
> the operation fails - a bit strange. The logic is more construed: you supplied a name, therefore you 
> meant you want to clone, but this VM doesn't already exist.

it's just another import, see my other email on this with pseudocode.

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Michael Pasternak
RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D