Yes it will be like a findByIds() and the one id case is just a special case for this.
On 06-Feb-2014, at 4:24 PM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com> wrote: > looks nice, it will be backed by the current query for one id? or will > you write a findByIds()? > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Abhinandan Prateek > <abhinandan.prat...@citrix.com> wrote: >> +1, The listVM call is one of the most resource intensive call. Any step >> to optimise it are welcome. >> >> On 06/02/14 2:01 pm, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: >> >>> Currently list VM can only be called using a single VM ID. So if there is >>> a need to query a set of VMs using ID then either multiple list VM calls >>> need to be made or all VMs needs to be fetched and then do a client side >>> filtering. Both approaches are sub-optimal - the former results in >>> multiple queries to database and the latter will be an overkill if you >>> need a small subset from a very large number of VMs. >>> >>> The proposal is to have an additional parameter to specify a list of VM >>> IDs for which the data needs to be fetched. Using this the required VMs >>> can be queried in an efficient manner. With the new parameter the syntax >>> would look like >>> http://localhost:8096/api?command=listVirtualMachines&listAll=true&ids=edd >>> ac053-9b12-4d2e-acb7-233de2e98112,009966fc-4d7b-4f84-8609-254979ba0134 >>> >>> The new 'ids' parameter will be mutually exclusive with the existing 'id' >>> parameter. >>> >>> Let me know if there are any concerns/comments. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Koushik >> > > > > -- > Daan
