types.go

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package apimachinery

import (
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
)

// GroupMeta stores the metadata of a group.
type GroupMeta struct {
	// GroupVersion represents the preferred version of the group.
	GroupVersion unversioned.GroupVersion

	// GroupVersions is Group + all versions in that group.
	GroupVersions []unversioned.GroupVersion

	// Codec is the default codec for serializing output that should use
	// the preferred version.  Use this Codec when writing to
	// disk, a data store that is not dynamically versioned, or in tests.
	// This codec can decode any object that the schema is aware of.
	Codec runtime.Codec

	// SelfLinker can set or get the SelfLink field of all API types.
	// TODO: when versioning changes, make this part of each API definition.
	// TODO(lavalamp): Combine SelfLinker & ResourceVersioner interfaces, force all uses
	// to go through the InterfacesFor method below.
	SelfLinker runtime.SelfLinker

	// RESTMapper provides the default mapping between REST paths and the objects declared in api.Scheme and all known
	// versions.
	RESTMapper meta.RESTMapper

	// InterfacesFor returns the default Codec and ResourceVersioner for a given version
	// or an error if the version is not known.
	InterfacesFor func(version unversioned.GroupVersion) (*meta.VersionInterfaces, error)
}