def delete_vms(self, names):
"""Recompose the vApp and delete VMs.
:param names: A list or tuple of names (str) of the VMs to delete
from the vApp.
:return: A :class:`lxml.objectify.StringElement` object representing a
sparsely populated vApp element.
"""
params = E.RecomposeVAppParams()
for name in names:
vm = self.get_vm(name)
params.append(E.DeleteItem(href=vm.get('href')))
return self.client.post_linked_resource(
self.resource, RelationType.RECOMPOSE,
EntityType.RECOMPOSE_VAPP_PARAMS.value, params)
def delete_vms(self, names):
"""Recompose the vApp and delete vms.
:param list names: names (str) of vms to delete from the vApp.
:return: an object containing EntityType.VAPP XML data representing the
updated vApp.
:rtype: lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement
"""
params = E.RecomposeVAppParams()
for name in names:
vm = self.get_vm(name)
params.append(E.DeleteItem(href=vm.get('href')))
return self.client.post_linked_resource(
self.resource, RelationType.RECOMPOSE,
EntityType.RECOMPOSE_VAPP_PARAMS.value, params)
