// newReference returns a new MOR, where Type defaults to type of the given item
// and Value defaults to a unique id for the given type.
func (r *Registry) newReference(item mo.Reference) types.ManagedObjectReference {
ref := item.Reference()
if ref.Type == "" {
ref.Type = TypeName(item)
}
if ref.Value == "" {
r.counter++
ref.Value = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", strings.ToLower(ref.Type), r.counter)
}
return ref
}
func (r *Registry) Put(item mo.Reference) mo.Reference {
r.m.Lock()
defer r.m.Unlock()
ref := item.Reference()
if ref.Type == "" || ref.Value == "" {
ref = r.newReference(item)
// mo.Reference() returns a value, not a pointer so use reflect to set the Self field
reflect.ValueOf(item).Elem().FieldByName("Self").Set(reflect.ValueOf(ref))
}
r.objects[ref] = item
return item
}