.. _str: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html

.. _vSphere API 4.0: ../../../vim/version.rst#vimversionversion5

.. _vmodl.DynamicData: ../../../vmodl/DynamicData.rst

.. _vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Path: ../../../vim/host/PlugStoreTopology/Path.rst

.. _vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Device: ../../../vim/host/PlugStoreTopology/Device.rst


vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Plugin
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  This data object type represents a Plugin in the plug store architecture. A Plugin claims a set of paths and groups them into Devices.
:extends: vmodl.DynamicData_
:since: `vSphere API 4.0`_

Attributes:
    key (`str`_):

       The identifier of the plugin.
    name (`str`_):

       The name of the plugin.
    device (`vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Device`_, optional):

       The set of devices formed by this plugin.
    claimedPath (`vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Path`_, optional):

       The set of paths claimed by this plugin. Not every claimed path will necessarily appear as part of a Device. Claimed paths will only appear under Devices if the device identifier of the path matches up with the device identifier exposed by the Device.