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- /*
- Copyright (c) 2014-2017 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
- */
- /*
- Package find implements inventory listing and searching.
- The Finder is an alternative to the object.SearchIndex FindByInventoryPath() and FindChild() methods.
- SearchIndex.FindByInventoryPath requires an absolute path, whereas the Finder also supports relative paths
- and patterns via path.Match.
- SearchIndex.FindChild requires a parent to find the child, whereas the Finder also supports an ancestor via
- recursive object traversal.
- The various Finder methods accept a "path" argument, which can absolute or relative to the Folder for the object type.
- The Finder supports two modes, "list" and "find". The "list" mode behaves like the "ls" command, only searching within
- the immediate path. The "find" mode behaves like the "find" command, with the search starting at the immediate path but
- also recursing into sub Folders relative to the Datacenter. The default mode is "list" if the given path contains a "/",
- otherwise "find" mode is used.
- The exception is to use a "..." wildcard with a path to find all objects recursively underneath any root object.
- For example: VirtualMachineList("/DC1/...")
- See also: https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/blob/master/govc/README.md#usage
- */
- package find
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