Issue 657:ApiMetadata

apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/AtmosApiMetadata.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.atmos;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for EMC's Atmos API.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class AtmosApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public AtmosApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("atmos")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("EMC's Atmos API")
+            .identityName("Subtenant ID (UID)")
+            .credentialName("Shared Secret")
+            .documentation(URI.create("https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-10508")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected AtmosApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public AtmosApiMetadata build() {
+         return new AtmosApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/atmos/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

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+org.jclouds.atmos.AtmosApiMetadata

apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/AtmosApiMetadataTest.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.atmos;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "AtmosApiMetadataTest")
+public class AtmosApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public AtmosApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new AtmosApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/ProvidersInPropertiesTest.java

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-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.atmos;
-
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobStoreUtils;
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
- */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "atmos") : providers;
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedBlobStoreProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = BlobStoreUtils.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "atmos") : providers;
-   }
-
-}

apis/byon/src/main/java/org/jclouds/byon/BYONApiMetadata.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.byon;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for jclouds BYON API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class BYONApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public BYONApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("byon")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Bring Your Own Node (BYON) API")
+            .identityName("Unused")
+            .documentation(URI.create("https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds/tree/master/apis/byon")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected BYONApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public BYONApiMetadata build() {
+         return new BYONApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/byon/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

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+org.jclouds.byon.BYONApiMetadata

apis/byon/src/test/java/org/jclouds/byon/BYONApiMetadataTest.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.byon;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BYONApiMetadataTest")
+public class BYONApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public BYONApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new BYONApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudfiles/CloudFilesApiMetadata.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudfiles;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud Files API
+ * 
+ * @author Dan Lo Bianco
+ */
+public class CloudFilesApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudFilesApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudfiles")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("Rackspace Cloud Files API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("API Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/files/api/v1/cfdevguide_d5/content/ch01.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudFilesApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudFilesApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudFilesApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudfiles/CloudFilesProviderMetadata.java

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-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudfiles;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-
-import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-
-/**
- * Common implementation of {@link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud Files
- * 
- * @author Dan Lo Bianco
- */
-public abstract class CloudFilesProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
-
-	public CloudFilesProviderMetadata() {
-		super();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getType() {
-		return ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getIdentityName() {
-		return "Username";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getCredentialName() {
-		return "API Key";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-		return URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/files/api/v1/cfdevguide_d5/content/ch01.html");
-	}
-
-}

apis/cloudfiles/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

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+org.jclouds.cloudfiles.CloudFilesApiMetadata

apis/cloudfiles/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudfiles/CloudFilesApiMetadataTest.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudfiles;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudFilesApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudFilesApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public CloudFilesApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudFilesApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudloadbalancers/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudloadbalancers/CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudloadbalancers;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers API
+ * 
+ * @author Dan Lo Bianco
+ */
+public class CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudloadbalancers")
+            .type(ApiType.LOADBALANCER)
+            .name("Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("API Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/loadbalancers/api/v1.0/clb-devguide/content/ch01.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/cloudloadbalancers/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudloadbalancers/CloudLoadBalancersProviderMetadata.java

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-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudloadbalancers;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-
-import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-
-/**
- * Common implementation of {@link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud LoadBalancers.
- * 
- * @author Dan Lo Bianco
- */
-public abstract class CloudLoadBalancersProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
-
-	public CloudLoadBalancersProviderMetadata() {
-		super();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getType() {
-		return ProviderMetadata.LOADBALANCER_TYPE;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getIdentityName() {
-		return "Username";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getCredentialName() {
-		return "API Key";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-		return URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/loadbalancers/api/v1.0/clb-devguide/content/ch01.html");
-	}
-
-}

apis/cloudloadbalancers/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

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+org.jclouds.cloudloadbalancers.CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata

apis/cloudloadbalancers/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudloadbalancers/CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadataTest.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudloadbalancers;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudLoadBalancersApiMetadata(), ApiType.LOADBALANCER);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudservers/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudservers/CloudServersApiMetadata.java

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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudservers;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud Servers API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class CloudServersApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudServersApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudservers")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Rackspace Cloud Servers API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("API Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/servers/api/v1.0/cs-devguide/content/ch01.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudServersApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudServersApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudServersApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/cloudservers/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudservers/CloudServersProviderMetadata.java

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-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudservers;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-
-import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-
-/**
-* Common implementation of {@link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for Rackspace Cloud Servers.
-* 
-* @author Dan Lo Bianco
-*/
-public abstract class CloudServersProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
-
-	public CloudServersProviderMetadata() {
-		super();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getType() {
-		return ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getIdentityName() {
-		return "Username";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String getCredentialName() {
-		return "API Key";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-		return URI.create("http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/servers/api/v1.0/cs-devguide/content/ch01.html");
-	}
-
-}

apis/cloudservers/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.cloudservers.CloudServersApiMetadata

apis/cloudservers/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudservers/CloudServersApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -16,25 +16,20 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.jclouds.aws.simpledb;
+package org.jclouds.cloudservers;
 
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
  */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudServersApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudServersApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
 
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "aws-simpledb") : providers;
+   public CloudServersApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudServersApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
    }
-
 }

apis/cloudsigma/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudsigma/CloudSigmaApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudsigma;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the Cloud Sigma API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class CloudSigmaApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudSigmaApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudsigma")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("CloudSigma API")
+            .identityName("Email")
+            .credentialName("Password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://cloudsigma.com/en/platform-details/the-api")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudSigmaApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudSigmaApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudSigmaApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/cloudsigma/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.cloudsigma.CloudSigmaApiMetadata

apis/cloudsigma/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudsigma/CloudSigmaApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudsigma;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudSigmaApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudSigmaApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public CloudSigmaApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudSigmaApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudsigma/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudsigma/ProvidersInPropertiesTest.java

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudsigma;
-
-import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils;
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
- */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "cloudsigma") : providers;
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedComputeServiceProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = ComputeServiceUtils.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "cloudsigma") : providers;
-   }
-
-}

apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/CloudStackApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudstack;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Citrix CloudStack API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class CloudStackApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudStackApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudstack")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Citrix CloudStack API")
+            .identityName("API Key")
+            .credentialName("Secret Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://download.cloud.com/releases/2.2.0/api_2.2.12/TOC_User.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudStackApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudStackApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudStackApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/cloudstack/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.cloudstack.CloudStackApiMetadata

apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/CloudStackApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudstack;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudStackApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudStackApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public CloudStackApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudStackApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudwatch/CloudWatchApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudwatch;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Amazon's CloudWatch api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class CloudWatchApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public CloudWatchApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("cloudwatch")
+            .type(ApiType.MONITOR)
+            .name("Amazon CloudWatch Api")
+            .identityName("Access Key ID")
+            .credentialName("Secret Access Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected CloudWatchApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public CloudWatchApiMetadata build() {
+         return new CloudWatchApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/cloudwatch/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.cloudwatch.CloudWatchApiMetadata

apis/cloudwatch/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudwatch/CloudWatchApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.cloudwatch;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "CloudWatchApiMetadataTest")
+public class CloudWatchApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public CloudWatchApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new CloudWatchApiMetadata(), ApiType.MONITOR);
+   }
+}

apis/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.deltacloud;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Apache Deltacloud API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class DeltacloudApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public DeltacloudApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("deltacloud")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Apache Deltacloud API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("Password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://deltacloud.apache.org/api.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected DeltacloudApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public DeltacloudApiMetadata build() {
+         return new DeltacloudApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/deltacloud/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.deltacloud.DeltacloudApiMetadata

apis/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.deltacloud;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "DeltacloudApiMetadataTest")
+public class DeltacloudApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public DeltacloudApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new DeltacloudApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/EC2ApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.ec2;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Amazon's EC2 api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class EC2ApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public EC2ApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("ec2")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) API")
+            .identityName("Access Key ID")
+            .credentialName("Secret Access Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected EC2ApiMetadata(EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   public static class EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<B extends EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<B>> extends Builder<B> {
+
+      @Override
+      public EC2ApiMetadata build() {
+         return new EC2ApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static class EC2ConcreteBuilder extends EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<EC2ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public EC2ApiMetadata build() {
+         return new EC2ApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static EC2ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new EC2ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<?> toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/ec2/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.ec2.EC2ApiMetadata

apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/EC2ApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.ec2;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "EC2ApiMetadataTest")
+public class EC2ApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public EC2ApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new EC2ApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/elasticstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/elasticstack/ElasticStackApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.elasticstack;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the ElasticStack API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class ElasticStackApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public ElasticStackApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("elasticstack")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("ElasticStack API")
+            .identityName("UUID")
+            .credentialName("Secret API key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://www.elasticstack.com/cloud-platform/api")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected ElasticStackApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public ElasticStackApiMetadata build() {
+         return new ElasticStackApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/elasticstack/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.elasticstack.ElasticStackApiMetadata

apis/elasticstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elasticstack/ElasticStackApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -16,25 +16,20 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.jclouds.cloudonestorage;
+package org.jclouds.elasticstack;
 
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
  */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ElasticStackApiMetadataTest")
+public class ElasticStackApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
 
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "cloudonestorage") : providers;
+   public ElasticStackApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new ElasticStackApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
    }
-
 }

apis/elasticstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elasticstack/ProvidersInPropertiesTest.java

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.elasticstack;
-
-import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils;
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
- */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elasticstack") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-lon-p") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-lon-b") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-sat-p") : providers;
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedComputeServiceProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = ComputeServiceUtils.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elasticstack") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-lon-p") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-lon-b") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "elastichosts-sat-p") : providers;
-   }
-
-}

apis/eucalyptus/src/main/java/org/jclouds/eucalyptus/EucalyptusApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.eucalyptus;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2ApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the Eucalyptus (EC2 clone) api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class EucalyptusApiMetadata extends EC2ApiMetadata {
+
+   public EucalyptusApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder().fromApiMetadata(new EC2ApiMetadata())
+            .id("eucalyptus")
+            .name("Eucalyptus (EC2 clone) API"));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected EucalyptusApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends EC2ApiMetadataBuilder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public EucalyptusApiMetadata build() {
+         return new EucalyptusApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/eucalyptus/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.eucalyptus.EucalyptusApiMetadata

apis/eucalyptus/src/test/java/org/jclouds/eucalyptus/EucalyptusApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.eucalyptus;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "EucalyptusApiMetadataTest")
+public class EucalyptusApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public EucalyptusApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new EucalyptusApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.filesystem;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for jclouds Filesystem-based BlobStore
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class FilesystemApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public FilesystemApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("filesystem")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("Filesystem-based BlobStore")
+            .identityName("Unused")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://www.jclouds.org/documentation/userguide/blobstore-guide")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected FilesystemApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public FilesystemApiMetadata build() {
+         return new FilesystemApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

apis/filesystem/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.filesystem.FilesystemApiMetadata

apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.filesystem;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "FilesystemApiMetadataTest")
+public class FilesystemApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public FilesystemApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new FilesystemApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/NovaApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.openstack.nova;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for OpenStack Nova Pre-Diablo
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class NovaApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public NovaApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("nova")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("OpenStack Nova Pre-Diablo API")
+            .identityName("accessKey")
+            .credentialName("secretKey")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://api.openstack.org/")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected NovaApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public NovaApiMetadata build() {
+         return new NovaApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/nova/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.openstack.nova.NovaApiMetadata

apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/NovaApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.openstack.nova;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "NovaApiMetadataTest")
+public class NovaApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public NovaApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new NovaApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/openstack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v1_1/NovaApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v1_1;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for OpenStack Nova Diablo+
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class NovaApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public NovaApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("openstack-nova")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("OpenStack Nova Diablo+ API")
+            .identityName("tenantId:user")
+            .credentialName("password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://api.openstack.org/")));
+   }
+
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected NovaApiMetadata(NovaApiMetadataBuilder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   public static class NovaApiMetadataBuilder<B extends NovaApiMetadataBuilder<B>> extends Builder<B> {
+
+      @Override
+      public NovaApiMetadata build() {
+         return new NovaApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static class NovaConcreteBuilder extends NovaApiMetadataBuilder<NovaConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public NovaApiMetadata build() {
+         return new NovaApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static NovaConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new NovaConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public NovaApiMetadataBuilder<?> toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/openstack-nova/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v1_1.NovaApiMetadata

apis/openstack-nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v1_1/NovaApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v1_1;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "NovaApiMetadataTest")
+public class NovaApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public NovaApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new NovaApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.s3;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Amazon's S3 api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public S3ApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("s3")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) API")
+            .identityName("Access Key ID")
+            .credentialName("Secret Access Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected S3ApiMetadata(S3ApiMetadataBuilder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+   
+   public static class S3ApiMetadataBuilder<B extends S3ApiMetadataBuilder<B>> extends Builder<B> {
+
+      @Override
+      public S3ApiMetadata build() {
+         return new S3ApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static class S3ConcreteBuilder extends S3ApiMetadataBuilder<S3ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public S3ApiMetadata build() {
+         return new S3ApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static S3ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new S3ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public S3ApiMetadataBuilder<?> toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/s3/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata

apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.s3;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "S3ApiMetadataTest")
+public class S3ApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public S3ApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new S3ApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.jclouds.openstack.swift;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for OpenStack Swift Pre-Diablo
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SwiftApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public SwiftApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("swift")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("OpenStack Swift Pre-Diablo API")
+            .identityName("tenantId:user")
+            .credentialName("password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://api.openstack.org/")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected SwiftApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public SwiftApiMetadata build() {
+         return new SwiftApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/swift/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.openstack.swift.SwiftApiMetadata

apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.jclouds.openstack.swift;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "SwiftApiMetadataTest")
+public class SwiftApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public SwiftApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new SwiftApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

apis/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/VCloudApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.vcloud;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for VCloud 1.0 API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class VCloudApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public VCloudApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("vcloud")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("VCloud 1.0 API")
+            .identityName("User at Organization (user@org)")
+            .credentialName("Password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcd_pubs.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected VCloudApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public VCloudApiMetadata build() {
+         return new VCloudApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/vcloud/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.vcloud.VCloudApiMetadata

apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/ProvidersInPropertiesTest.java

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you 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 org.jclouds.vcloud;
-
-import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils;
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
- */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "vcloud") : providers;
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedComputeServiceProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = ComputeServiceUtils.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "vcloud") : providers;
-   }
-
-}

apis/vcloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/VCloudApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -16,25 +16,20 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.jclouds.synaptic.storage;
+package org.jclouds.vcloud;
 
-import org.jclouds.rest.Providers;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
  */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "VCloudApiMetadataTest")
+public class VCloudApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
 
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = Providers.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "synaptic-storage") : providers;
+   public VCloudApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new VCloudApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
    }
-
 }

apis/walrus/src/main/java/org/jclouds/walrus/WalrusApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.walrus;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the Walrus (S3 clone) api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class WalrusApiMetadata extends S3ApiMetadata {
+
+   public WalrusApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder().fromApiMetadata(new S3ApiMetadata())
+            .id("walrus")
+            .name("Walrus (S3 clone) API"));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected WalrusApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends S3ApiMetadataBuilder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public WalrusApiMetadata build() {
+         return new WalrusApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

apis/walrus/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.walrus.WalrusApiMetadata

apis/walrus/src/test/java/org/jclouds/walrus/WalrusApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.walrus;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "WalrusApiMetadataTest")
+public class WalrusApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public WalrusApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new WalrusApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+   }
+}

blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.blobstore;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for jclouds in-memory (Transient) API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class TransientApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public TransientApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("transient")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("in-memory (Transient) API")
+            .identityName("Unused")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://www.jclouds.org/documentation/userguide/blobstore-guide")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected TransientApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public TransientApiMetadata build() {
+         return new TransientApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

blobstore/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientApiMetadata

blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -18,26 +18,18 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.blobstore;
 
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobStoreUtils;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
- * 
  */
-@Test(groups = "unit")
-public class ProvidersInPropertiesTest {
-
-   @Test
-   public void testSupportedBlobStoreProviders() {
-      Iterable<String> providers = BlobStoreUtils.getSupportedProviders();
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "s3") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "azureblob") : providers;
-      assert Iterables.contains(providers, "cloudfiles") : providers;
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "TransientApiMetadataTest")
+public class TransientApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
 
+   public TransientApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new TransientApiMetadata(), ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
    }
-
 }

compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/stub/StubApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.compute.stub;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for jclouds in-memory (Stub) API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class StubApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public StubApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("stub")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("in-memory (Stub) API")
+            .identityName("Unused")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://www.jclouds.org/documentation/userguide/compute")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected StubApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public StubApiMetadata build() {
+         return new StubApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

compute/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.compute.stub.StubApiMetadata

compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/stub/StubApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.compute.stub;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "StubApiMetadataTest")
+public class StubApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public StubApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new StubApiMetadata(), ApiType.COMPUTE);
+   }
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/apis/ApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+
+/**
+ * The ApiMetadata interface allows jclouds to provide a plugin framework for
+ * gathering cloud api metadata.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>, Adrian Cole
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface ApiMetadata {
+
+   public static interface Builder<B extends Builder<B>> {
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getId()
+       */
+      B id(String id);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getName()
+       */
+      B name(String name);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getType()
+       */
+      B type(ApiType type);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getIdentityName()
+       */
+      B identityName(String identityName);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getCredentialName()
+       */
+      B credentialName(@Nullable String credentialName);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ApiMetadata#getDocumentation()
+       */
+      B documentation(URI documentation);
+
+      ApiMetadata build();
+
+      B fromApiMetadata(ApiMetadata in);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * @see Builder
+    */
+   Builder<?> toBuilder();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the api's unique identifier
+    */
+   public String getId();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the name (display name) of the api
+    */
+   public String getName();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the api's type
+    */
+   public ApiType getType();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the name (display name) of an identity on this api (ex. user,
+    *         email, account, apikey)
+    */
+   public String getIdentityName();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the name (display name) of a credential on this api, or null if
+    *         there is none (ex. password, secret, rsaKey)
+    */
+   @Nullable
+   public String getCredentialName();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the url for the API documentation related to this service
+    */
+   public URI getDocumentation();
+
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/apis/ApiPredicates.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import org.jclouds.util.Preconditions2;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+
+/**
+ * Container for api filters (predicates).
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ */
+public class ApiPredicates {
+
+   /**
+    * Returns all apis available to jclouds regardless of type.
+    *
+    * @return all available apis
+    */
+   public static Predicate<ApiMetadata> all() {
+      return Predicates.<ApiMetadata> alwaysTrue();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns all apis with the given id.
+    *
+    * @param id
+    *           the id of the api to return
+    *
+    * @return the apis with the given id
+    */
+   public static Predicate<ApiMetadata> id(final String id) {
+      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(id, "id must be defined");
+      return new Predicate<ApiMetadata>() {
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public boolean apply(ApiMetadata apiMetadata) {
+            return apiMetadata.getId().equals(id);
+         }
+
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public String toString() {
+            return "id(" + id + ")";
+         }
+      };
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns all apis with the given type.
+    *
+    * @param type
+    *           the type of the api to return
+    *
+    * @return the apis with the given type
+    */
+   public static Predicate<ApiMetadata> type(final ApiType type) {
+      checkNotNull(type, "type must be defined");
+      return new Predicate<ApiMetadata>() {
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public boolean apply(ApiMetadata apiMetadata) {
+            return apiMetadata.getType().equals(type);
+         }
+
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public String toString() {
+            return "type(" + type + ")";
+         }
+      };
+   }
+
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/apis/ApiType.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static org.jclouds.util.Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty;
+
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public enum ApiType {
+
+   BLOBSTORE, COMPUTE, LOADBALANCER, TABLE, QUEUE, MONITOR, UNRECOGNIZED;
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL, name());
+   }
+
+   public static ApiType fromValue(String type) {
+      checkNotEmpty(type, "type must be defined");
+      try {
+         return valueOf(CaseFormat.LOWER_CAMEL.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE, type));
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+         return UNRECOGNIZED;
+      }
+   }
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/apis/Apis.java

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.filter;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.find;
+
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+
+/**
+ * The Apis class provides static methods for accessing apis.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ */
+public class Apis {
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis located on the classpath via
+    * {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
+    * 
+    * @return all available apis loaded from classpath via ServiceLoader
+    */
+   private static Iterable<ApiMetadata> fromServiceLoader() {
+      return ServiceLoader.load(ApiMetadata.class);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns all available apis.
+    * 
+    * @return all available apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> all() {
+      return fromServiceLoader();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the first api with the provided id
+    * 
+    * @param id
+    *           the id of the api to return
+    * 
+    * @return the api with the given id
+    * 
+    * @throws NoSuchElementException
+    *            whenever there are no apis with the provided id
+    */
+   public static ApiMetadata withId(String id) throws NoSuchElementException {
+      return find(all(), ApiPredicates.id(id));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#BLOBSTORE}.
+    * 
+    * @return the blobstore apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allBlobStore() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#COMPUTE}.
+    * 
+    * @return the compute service apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allCompute() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.COMPUTE));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#QUEUE}.
+    * 
+    * @return the queue service apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allQueue() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.QUEUE));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#TABLE}.
+    * 
+    * @return the table service apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allTable() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.TABLE));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#LOADBALANCER}.
+    * 
+    * @return the load balancer service apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allLoadBalancer() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.LOADBALANCER));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of type
+    * {@link org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata#MONITOR}.
+    * 
+    * @return the load balancer service apis
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> allMonitor() {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(ApiType.MONITOR));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the apis that are of the provided type.
+    * 
+    * @param type
+    *           the type to apis to return
+    * 
+    * @return the apis of the provided type
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ApiMetadata> ofType(ApiType type) {
+      return filter(all(), ApiPredicates.type(type));
+   }
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/apis/BaseApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Objects.equal;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
+
+/**
+ * The BaseApiMetadata class is an abstraction of {@link ApiMetadata} to be
+ * extended by those implementing ApiMetadata.
+ * 
+ * (Note: This class must be abstract to allow {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}
+ * to work properly.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>, Adrian Cole
+ */
+public abstract class BaseApiMetadata implements ApiMetadata {
+
+   public static abstract class Builder<B extends Builder<B>> implements ApiMetadata.Builder<B> {
+      protected String id;
+      protected String name;
+      protected ApiType type;
+      protected String identityName;
+      protected String credentialName;
+      protected URI documentation;
+
+      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      protected B self() {
+         return (B) this;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B id(String id) {
+         this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B name(String name) {
+         this.name = checkNotNull(name, "name");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B type(ApiType type) {
+         this.type = checkNotNull(type, "type");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B identityName(String identityName) {
+         this.identityName = checkNotNull(identityName, "identityName");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B credentialName(@Nullable String credentialName) {
+         this.credentialName = credentialName;
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B documentation(URI documentation) {
+         this.documentation = checkNotNull(documentation, "documentation");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      public B fromApiMetadata(ApiMetadata in) {
+         return id(in.getId()).type(in.getType()).name(in.getName()).identityName(in.getIdentityName())
+               .credentialName(in.getCredentialName());
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected final String id;
+   protected final String name;
+   protected final ApiType type;
+   protected final String identityName;
+   protected final String credentialName;
+   protected final URI documentation;
+
+   protected BaseApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      this.id = builder.id;
+      this.name = builder.name;
+      this.type = builder.type;
+      this.identityName = builder.identityName;
+      this.credentialName = builder.credentialName;
+      this.documentation = builder.documentation;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object o) {
+      if (this == o)
+         return true;
+      // subclass equivalence is ok, since we don't know the classloader
+      // we'll get things from
+      if (o == null || !(o instanceof ApiMetadata))
+         return false;
+      ApiMetadata that = ApiMetadata.class.cast(o);
+      return equal(this.getId(), that.getId()) && equal(this.getName(), that.getName())
+            && equal(this.getType(), that.getType()) && equal(this.getIdentityName(), that.getIdentityName())
+            && equal(this.getCredentialName(), that.getCredentialName())
+            && equal(this.getDocumentation(), that.getDocumentation());
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      return Objects
+            .hashCode(getId(), getName(), getType(), getIdentityName(), getCredentialName(), getDocumentation());
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return string().toString();
+   }
+
+   protected ToStringHelper string() {
+      return Objects.toStringHelper("").add("id", getId()).add("name", getName()).add("type", getType())
+            .add("identityName", getIdentityName()).add("credentialName", getCredentialName())
+            .add("documentation", getDocumentation());
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getId() {
+      return id;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getName() {
+      return name;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public ApiType getType() {
+      return type;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getIdentityName() {
+      return identityName;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getCredentialName() {
+      return credentialName;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public URI getDocumentation() {
+      return documentation;
+   }
+
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/providers/BaseProviderMetadata.java

@@ -18,151 +18,289 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Objects.equal;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.addAll;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newLinkedHashSet;
+
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 /**
- * The BaseProviderMetadata class is an abstraction of {@link ProviderMetadata} to be extended by
- * those implementing ProviderMetadata.
+ * The BaseProviderMetadata class is an abstraction of {@link ProviderMetadata}
+ * to be extended by those implementing ProviderMetadata.
  * 
- * (Note: This class must be abstract to allow {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} to work properly.
+ * (Note: This class must be abstract to allow {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}
+ * to work properly.
  * 
- * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public abstract class BaseProviderMetadata implements ProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
-    */
-   @Override
-   public int hashCode() {
-      final int prime = 31;
-      int result = 1;
-      URI console = getConsole();
-      URI homepage = getHomepage();
-      URI docs = getApiDocumentation();
-      String id = getId();
-      String name = getName();
-      String identityName = getIdentityName();
-      String credentialName = getCredentialName();
-      String type = getType();
-      Set<String> linkedServices = getLinkedServices();
-      Set<String> iso3166Codes = getIso3166Codes();
+   public static abstract class Builder<B extends Builder<B>> implements ProviderMetadata.Builder<B> {
+      protected String id;
+      protected String name;
+      protected ApiMetadata api;
+      protected URI console;
+      protected URI homepage;
+      protected Set<String> linkedServices = newLinkedHashSet();
+      protected Set<String> iso3166Codes = newLinkedHashSet();
 
-      result = prime * result + ((console == null) ? 0 : console.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((homepage == null) ? 0 : homepage.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((docs == null) ? 0 : docs.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((id == null) ? 0 : id.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((identityName == null) ? 0 : identityName.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((credentialName == null) ? 0 : credentialName.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((type == null) ? 0 : type.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((linkedServices == null) ? 0 : linkedServices.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((iso3166Codes == null) ? 0 : iso3166Codes.hashCode());
+      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      protected B self() {
+         return (B) this;
+      }
 
-      return result;
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B id(String id) {
+         this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
+         return linkedService(id);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B name(String name) {
+         this.name = checkNotNull(name, "name");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B api(ApiMetadata api) {
+         this.api = checkNotNull(api, "api");
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B console(@Nullable URI console) {
+         this.console = console;
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B homepage(URI homepage) {
+         this.homepage = homepage;
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B linkedServices(Iterable<String> linkedServices) {
+         addAll(this.linkedServices, checkNotNull(linkedServices, "linkedServices"));
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B linkedServices(String... linkedServices) {
+         return linkedServices(ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(linkedServices, "linkedServices")));
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B linkedService(String linkedService) {
+         this.linkedServices.add(checkNotNull(linkedService, "linkedService"));
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B iso3166Codes(Iterable<String> iso3166Codes) {
+         addAll(this.iso3166Codes, checkNotNull(iso3166Codes, "iso3166Codes"));
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B iso3166Codes(String... iso3166Codes) {
+         return iso3166Codes(ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(iso3166Codes, "iso3166Codes")));
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B iso3166Code(String iso3166Code) {
+         this.iso3166Codes.add(checkNotNull(iso3166Code, "iso3166Code"));
+         return self();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * {@inheritDoc}
+       */
+      @Override
+      public B fromProviderMetadata(ProviderMetadata in) {
+         return id(in.getId()).name(in.getName()).api(in.getApi()).console(in.getConsole()).homepage(in.getHomepage())
+               .linkedServices(in.getLinkedServices()).iso3166Codes(in.getIso3166Codes());
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected final String id;
+   protected final String name;
+   protected final ApiMetadata api;
+   protected final URI homepage;
+   protected final URI console;
+   protected final Set<String> linkedServices;
+   protected final Set<String> iso3166Codes;
+
+   protected BaseProviderMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      this.id = builder.id;
+      this.name = builder.name;
+      this.api = builder.api;
+      this.console = builder.console;
+      this.homepage = builder.homepage;
+      this.linkedServices = ImmutableSet.copyOf(builder.linkedServices);
+      this.iso3166Codes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(builder.iso3166Codes);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
-    */
    @Override
-   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-      URI tConsole = getConsole();
-      URI tHomepage = getHomepage();
-      URI tDocs = getApiDocumentation();
-      String tId = getId();
-      String tName = getName();
-      String tIdentityName = getIdentityName();
-      String tCredentialName = getCredentialName();
-      String tType = getType();
-      Set<String> tLinkedServices = getLinkedServices();
-      Set<String> tIso3166Codes = getIso3166Codes();
-
-      if (this == obj)
+   public boolean equals(Object o) {
+      if (this == o)
          return true;
-      if (obj == null)
-         return false;
-      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+      // subclass equivalence is ok, since we don't know the classloader
+      // we'll get things from
+      if (o == null || !(o instanceof ProviderMetadata))
          return false;
+      ProviderMetadata that = ProviderMetadata.class.cast(o);
+      return equal(this.getId(), that.getId()) && equal(this.getName(), that.getName())
+            && equal(this.getApi(), that.getApi()) && equal(this.getConsole(), that.getConsole())
+            && equal(this.getHomepage(), that.getHomepage())
+            && equal(this.getLinkedServices(), that.getLinkedServices())
+            && equal(this.getIso3166Codes(), that.getIso3166Codes());
+   }
 
-      ProviderMetadata other = (ProviderMetadata) obj;
-      URI oConsole = other.getConsole();
-      URI oHomepage = other.getHomepage();
-      URI oDocs = other.getApiDocumentation();
-      String oId = other.getId();
-      String oName = other.getName();
-      String oIdentityName = other.getIdentityName();
-      String oCredentialName = other.getCredentialName();
-      String oType = other.getType();
-      Set<String> oLinkedServices = other.getLinkedServices();
-      Set<String> oIso3166Codes = other.getIso3166Codes();
-
-      if (tConsole == null) {
-         if (oConsole != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tConsole.equals(oConsole))
-         return false;
-      if (tDocs == null) {
-         if (oDocs != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tDocs.equals(oDocs))
-         return false;
-      if (tHomepage == null) {
-         if (oHomepage != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tHomepage.equals(oHomepage))
-         return false;
-      if (tId == null) {
-         if (oId != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tId.equals(oId))
-         return false;
-      if (tName == null) {
-         if (oName != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tName.equals(oName))
-         return false;
-      if (tIdentityName == null) {
-         if (oIdentityName != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tIdentityName.equals(oIdentityName))
-         return false;
-      if (tCredentialName == null) {
-         if (oCredentialName != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tCredentialName.equals(oCredentialName))
-         return false;
-      if (tType == null) {
-         if (oType != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tType.equals(oType))
-         return false;
-      if (tLinkedServices == null) {
-         if (oLinkedServices != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tLinkedServices.equals(oLinkedServices))
-         return false;
-      if (tIso3166Codes == null) {
-         if (oIso3166Codes != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!tIso3166Codes.equals(oIso3166Codes))
-         return false;
-      return true;
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      return Objects.hashCode(getId(), getName(), getApi(), getConsole(), getHomepage(), getLinkedServices(),
+            getIso3166Codes());
    }
 
    @Override
    public String toString() {
-      return "[id=" + getId() + ", type=" + getType() + ", name=" + getName() + ", identityName=" + getIdentityName()
-               + ", credentialName=" + getCredentialName() + ", homePage=" + getHomepage() + ", console="
-               + getConsole() + ", apiDocs=" + getApiDocumentation() + ", linkedServices=" + getLinkedServices() +
-               ", iso3166Codes=" + getIso3166Codes() + "]";
+      return string().toString();
    }
 
+   public ToStringHelper string() {
+      return Objects.toStringHelper("").add("id", getId()).add("name", getName()).add("api", getApi())
+            .add("console", getConsole()).add("homepage", getHomepage()).add("linkedServices", getLinkedServices())
+            .add("iso3166Codes", getIso3166Codes());
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getId() {
+      return id;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getName() {
+      return name;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public ApiMetadata getApi() {
+      return api;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public URI getConsole() {
+      return console;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public URI getHomepage() {
+      return homepage;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getLinkedServices() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of(getId());
+      return linkedServices;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
+      return iso3166Codes;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getType() {
+      return getApi().getType().toString();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getIdentityName() {
+      return getApi().getIdentityName();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getCredentialName() {
+      return getApi().getCredentialName();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
+      return getApi().getDocumentation();
    }
 }

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/providers/ProviderMetadata.java

@@ -21,35 +21,125 @@ package org.jclouds.providers;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * The ProviderMetadata interface allows jclouds to provide a plugin framework for gathering cloud
- * provider metadata.
+ * The ProviderMetadata interface allows jclouds to provide a plugin framework
+ * for gathering cloud provider metadata.
  * 
  * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
  */
 public interface ProviderMetadata {
-
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#BLOBSTORE_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String BLOBSTORE_TYPE = "blobstore";
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#COMPUTE_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String COMPUTE_TYPE = "compute";
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#LOADBALANCER_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String LOADBALANCER_TYPE = "loadbalancer";
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#TABLE_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String TABLE_TYPE = "table";
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#QUEUE_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String QUEUE_TYPE = "queue";
+   /**
+    * @see ApiMetadata#MONITOR_TYPE
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static final String MONITOR_TYPE = "monitor";
 
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @author Adrian Cole
+    * @since 1.5
+    */
+   public static interface Builder<B extends Builder<B>> {
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getId()
+       */
+      B id(String id);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getName()
+       */
+      B name(String name);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getApi()
+       */
+      B api(ApiMetadata api);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getConsole()
+       */
+      B console(@Nullable URI console);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getHomepage()
+       */
+      B homepage(@Nullable URI homepage);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getLinkedServices()
+       */
+      B linkedServices(Iterable<String> linkedServices);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getLinkedServices()
+       */
+      B linkedServices(String... linkedServices);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getLinkedServices()
+       */
+      B linkedService(String linkedService);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getIso3166Code()
+       */
+      B iso3166Codes(Iterable<String> iso3166Codes);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getIso3166Code()
+       */
+      B iso3166Codes(String... iso3166Codes);
+
+      /**
+       * @see ProviderMetadata#getIso3166Code()
+       */
+      B iso3166Code(String iso3166Code);
+
+      ProviderMetadata build();
+
+      B fromProviderMetadata(ProviderMetadata in);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * @see Builder
+    * @since 1.5
+    */
+   Builder<?> toBuilder();
+
    /**
     * 
     * @return the provider's unique identifier
     */
    public String getId();
 
-   /**
-    * 
-    * @return the provider's type
-    */
-   public String getType();
-
    /**
     * 
     * @return the name (display name) of the provider
@@ -58,18 +148,49 @@ public interface ProviderMetadata {
 
    /**
     * 
-    * @return the name (display name) of an identity on this provider (ex. user, email, account,
-    *         apikey)
+    * @see #getApi()
+    * @see ApiMetadata#getType
     */
+   @Deprecated
+   public String getType();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the provider's api
+    * @since 1.5
+    */
+   public ApiMetadata getApi();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @see #getApi()
+    * @see ApiMetadata#getIdentityName
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public String getIdentityName();
 
    /**
     * 
-    * @return the name (display name) of a credential on this provider, or null if there is none
-    *         (ex. password, secret, rsaKey)
+    * @see #getApi()
+    * @see ApiMetadata#getCredentialName
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public String getCredentialName();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @see #getApi()
+    * @see ApiMetadata#getDocumentation
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public URI getApiDocumentation();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return the url for the provider's console, or null if one doesn't exist
     */
    @Nullable
-   public String getCredentialName();
+   public URI getConsole();
 
    /**
     * 
@@ -77,18 +198,6 @@ public interface ProviderMetadata {
     */
    public URI getHomepage();
 
-   /**
-    * 
-    * @return the url for the provider's console
-    */
-   public URI getConsole();
-
-   /**
-    * 
-    * @return the url for the API documentation related to this service
-    */
-   public URI getApiDocumentation();
-
    /**
     * 
     * @return all known services linked to the same account on this provider

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/providers/ProviderPredicates.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
 import org.jclouds.util.Preconditions2;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -77,15 +79,15 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
     * 
     * @return the providers with the given type
     */
-   public static Predicate<ProviderMetadata> type(final String type) {
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(type, "type must be defined");
+   public static Predicate<ProviderMetadata> type(final ApiType type) {
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(type, "type must be defined");
       return new Predicate<ProviderMetadata>() {
          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public boolean apply(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata) {
-            return providerMetadata.getType().equals(type);
+            return providerMetadata.getApi().getType().equals(type);
          }
 
          /**
@@ -99,10 +101,19 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO 3166 code.
+    * @see #type(ApiMetadata)
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public static Predicate<ProviderMetadata> type(final String type) {
+      return type(ApiType.fromValue(type));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO
+    * 3166 code.
     * 
     * @param isoCode
-    *                the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
+    *           the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
     * 
     * @return the providers with the given ISO 3166 code
     */
@@ -129,10 +140,11 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
    }
 
    /**
-    * Return all providers that have at least one ISO 3166 code in common with the given provider metadata.
+    * Return all providers that have at least one ISO 3166 code in common with
+    * the given provider metadata.
     * 
     * @param refProviderMetadata
-    *                            the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
+    *           the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
     * 
     * @return the providers that have at least one ISO 3166 code in common
     */
@@ -146,10 +158,11 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
          @Override
          public boolean apply(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata) {
             for (String refIso3166Code : refProviderMetadata.getIso3166Codes()) {
-               // Return only if the potential provider contains the same ISO 3166 code and the provider and
+               // Return only if the potential provider contains the same ISO
+               // 3166 code and the provider and
                // reference provider are not the same.
-               if (providerContainsIso3166Code(providerMetadata, refIso3166Code) &&
-                     !refProviderMetadata.equals(providerMetadata)) {
+               if (providerContainsIso3166Code(providerMetadata, refIso3166Code)
+                     && !refProviderMetadata.equals(providerMetadata)) {
                   return true;
                }
             }
@@ -167,19 +180,20 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns whether or not the provided provider contains the ISO 3166 code provider or is within the same
-    * "global" region, like "US" would contain "US-*".
+    * Returns whether or not the provided provider contains the ISO 3166 code
+    * provider or is within the same "global" region, like "US" would contain
+    * "US-*".
     * 
     * @param providerMetadata
-    *                         the provider metadata to search
+    *           the provider metadata to search
     * @param iso3166Code
-    *                    the ISO 3166 code to search the provider metadata for
+    *           the ISO 3166 code to search the provider metadata for
     * 
     * @return the result
     */
    private static boolean providerContainsIso3166Code(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata, String iso3166Code) {
       for (String availCode : providerMetadata.getIso3166Codes()) {
-         if(iso3166Code.indexOf('-') == -1) {
+         if (iso3166Code.indexOf('-') == -1) {
             if (availCode.startsWith(iso3166Code + "-")) {
                return true;
             }
@@ -190,4 +204,33 @@ public class ProviderPredicates {
 
       return false;
    }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns all providers with the given api.
+    * 
+    * @param type
+    *           the type of the provider to return
+    * 
+    * @return the providers with the given api
+    */
+   public static Predicate<ProviderMetadata> api(final ApiMetadata api) {
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(api, "api must be defined");
+      return new Predicate<ProviderMetadata>() {
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public boolean apply(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata) {
+            return providerMetadata.getApi().equals(api);
+         }
+
+         /**
+          * {@inheritDoc}
+          */
+         @Override
+         public String toString() {
+            return "api(" + api + ")";
+         }
+      };
+   }
 }

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/providers/Providers.java

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.find;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 public class Providers {
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers located on the classpath via {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
+    * Returns the providers located on the classpath via
+    * {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
     * 
     * @return all available providers loaded from classpath via ServiceLoader
     */
@@ -68,52 +72,52 @@ public class Providers {
 
    /**
     * Returns the providers that are of type
-    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#BLOBSTORE_TYPE}.
+    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#BLOBSTORE}.
     * 
     * @return the blobstore providers
     */
    public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> allBlobStore() {
-      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE));
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE));
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the providers that are of type
-    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#COMPUTE_TYPE}.
+    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#COMPUTE}.
     * 
     * @return the compute service providers
     */
    public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> allCompute() {
-      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE));
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ApiType.COMPUTE));
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the providers that are of type
-    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#QUEUE_TYPE}.
+    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#QUEUE}.
     * 
     * @return the queue service providers
     */
    public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> allQueue() {
-      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ProviderMetadata.QUEUE_TYPE));
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ApiType.QUEUE));
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the providers that are of type
-    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#TABLE_TYPE}.
+    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#TABLE}.
     * 
     * @return the table service providers
     */
    public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> allTable() {
-      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ProviderMetadata.TABLE_TYPE));
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ApiType.TABLE));
    }
 
    /**
     * Returns the providers that are of type
-    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#LOADBALANCER_TYPE}.
+    * {@link org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata#LOADBALANCER}.
     * 
     * @return the load balancer service providers
     */
    public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> allLoadBalancer() {
-      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ProviderMetadata.LOADBALANCER_TYPE));
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(ApiType.LOADBALANCER));
    }
 
    /**
@@ -124,15 +128,36 @@ public class Providers {
     * 
     * @return the providers of the provided type
     */
-   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> ofType(String type) {
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> ofType(ApiType type) {
       return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.type(type));
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO 3166 code regardless of type.
+    * Returns the providers that are of the provided api.
+    * 
+    * @param api
+    *           the api to providers to return
+    * 
+    * @return the providers of the provided api
+    */
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> ofApi(ApiMetadata api) {
+      return filter(all(), ProviderPredicates.api(api));
+   }
+   
+   /**
+    * @see #ofType(ApiMetadata)
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> ofType(String type) {
+      return ofType(ApiType.fromValue(type));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO
+    * 3166 code regardless of type.
     * 
     * @param isoCode
-    *                the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
+    *           the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
     * 
     * @return the providers bound by the given ISO 3166 code
     */
@@ -141,25 +166,36 @@ public class Providers {
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO 3166 code and of the given type.
+    * Returns the providers that are bound to the same location as the given ISO
+    * 3166 code and of the given type.
     * 
     * @param iso3166Code
-    *                    the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
+    *           the ISO 3166 code to filter providers by
     * @param type
-    *             the type to filter providers by
+    *           the type to filter providers by
     * 
-    * @return the providers bound by the given ISO 3166 code and of the proper type
+    * @return the providers bound by the given ISO 3166 code and of the proper
+    *         type
     */
-   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> boundedByIso3166Code(String iso3166Code, String type) {
-      return filter(all(), Predicates.and(ProviderPredicates.boundedByIso3166Code(iso3166Code),
-            ProviderPredicates.type(type)));
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> boundedByIso3166Code(String iso3166Code, ApiType type) {
+      return filter(all(),
+            Predicates.and(ProviderPredicates.boundedByIso3166Code(iso3166Code), ProviderPredicates.type(type)));
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers that have at least one common ISO 3166 code in common regardless of type.
+    * @see #boundedByIso3166Code(String iso3166Code, ApiType)
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> boundedByIso3166Code(String iso3166Code, String type) {
+      return boundedByIso3166Code(iso3166Code, ApiType.fromValue(type));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Returns the providers that have at least one common ISO 3166 code in
+    * common regardless of type.
     * 
     * @param providerMetadata
-    *                         the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
+    *           the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
     * 
     * @return the providers that share at least one common ISO 3166 code
     */
@@ -168,17 +204,28 @@ public class Providers {
    }
 
    /**
-    * Returns the providers that have at least one common ISO 3166 code and are of the given type.
+    * Returns the providers that have at least one common ISO 3166 code and are
+    * of the given type.
     * 
     * @param providerMetadata
-    *                         the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
+    *           the provider metadata to use to filter providers by
     * @param type
-    *             the type to filter providers by
+    *           the type to filter providers by
     * 
-    * @return the providers that share at least one common ISO 3166 code and of the given type
+    * @return the providers that share at least one common ISO 3166 code and of
+    *         the given type
     */
-   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> collocatedWith(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata, String type) {
-      return filter(all(), Predicates.and(ProviderPredicates.intersectingIso3166Code(providerMetadata),
-            ProviderPredicates.type(type)));
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> collocatedWith(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata, ApiType type) {
+      return filter(all(),
+            Predicates.and(ProviderPredicates.intersectingIso3166Code(providerMetadata), ProviderPredicates.type(type)));
    }
+
+   /**
+    * @see #collocatedWith(ProviderMetadata iso3166Code, ApiType)
+    */
+   @Deprecated
+   public static Iterable<ProviderMetadata> collocatedWith(ProviderMetadata providerMetadata, String type) {
+      return collocatedWith(providerMetadata, ApiType.fromValue(type));
+   }
+
 }

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/apis/ApisTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * The ApisTest tests the org.jclouds.apis.Apis class.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ApisTest")
+public class ApisTest {
+
+   private final ApiMetadata testBlobstoreApi = new JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata();
+   private final ApiMetadata testComputeApi = new JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata();
+   private final ApiMetadata testYetAnotherComputeApi = new JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata();
+
+   @Test
+   public void testWithId() {
+      ApiMetadata apiMetadata;
+
+      try {
+         apiMetadata = Apis.withId("fake-id");
+         fail("Looking for a api with an id that doesn't exist should " + "throw an exceptoin.");
+      } catch (NoSuchElementException nsee) {
+         ; // Expected
+      }
+
+      apiMetadata = Apis.withId(testBlobstoreApi.getId());
+
+      assertEquals(testBlobstoreApi, apiMetadata);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testOfType() {
+      Iterable<ApiMetadata> apisMetadata = Apis.ofType(ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+
+      for (ApiMetadata apiMetadata : apisMetadata) {
+         assertEquals(testBlobstoreApi, apiMetadata);
+      }
+
+      apisMetadata = Apis.ofType(ApiType.COMPUTE);
+
+      for (ApiMetadata apiMetadata : apisMetadata) {
+         if (apiMetadata.getName().equals(testComputeApi.getName())) {
+            assertEquals(testComputeApi, apiMetadata);
+         } else {
+            assertEquals(testYetAnotherComputeApi, apiMetadata);
+         }
+      }
+
+      apisMetadata = Apis.ofType(ApiType.UNRECOGNIZED);
+
+      assertEquals(false, apisMetadata.iterator().hasNext());
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAll() {
+      Iterable<ApiMetadata> apisMetadata = Apis.all();
+
+      for (ApiMetadata apiMetadata : apisMetadata) {
+         if (apiMetadata.getName().equals(testBlobstoreApi.getName())) {
+            assertEquals(testBlobstoreApi, apiMetadata);
+         } else if (apiMetadata.getName().equals(testComputeApi.getName())) {
+            assertEquals(testComputeApi, apiMetadata);
+         } else {
+            assertEquals(testYetAnotherComputeApi, apiMetadata);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+}

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/apis/BaseApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit")
+public abstract class BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   private final ApiMetadata toTest;
+   private final ApiType expectedType;
+
+   public BaseApiMetadataTest(ApiMetadata toTest, ApiType expectedType) {
+      this.toTest = toTest;
+      this.expectedType = expectedType;
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testWithId() {
+      ApiMetadata apiMetadata = Apis.withId(toTest.getId());
+
+      assertEquals(toTest, apiMetadata);
+   }
+
+   // it is ok to have multiple services in the same classpath (ex. ec2 vs elb)
+   @Test
+   public void testOfTypeContains() {
+      ImmutableSet<ApiMetadata> ofType = ImmutableSet.copyOf(Apis.ofType(expectedType));
+      assert ofType.contains(toTest) : String.format("%s not found in %s", toTest, ofType);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAllContains() {
+      ImmutableSet<ApiMetadata> all = ImmutableSet.copyOf(Apis.all());
+      assert all.contains(toTest) : String.format("%s not found in %s", toTest, all);
+   }
+
+}

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/apis/JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of @ link org.jclouds.types.ApiMetadata} for testing.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>, Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+   
+   public JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("test-blobstore-api")
+            .type(ApiType.BLOBSTORE)
+            .name("Test Blobstore Api")
+            .identityName("user")
+            .credentialName("password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/apis/JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of @ link org.jclouds.types.ApiMetadata} for testing.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>, Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+   
+   public JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("test-compute-api")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Test Compute Api")
+            .identityName("user")
+            .credentialName("password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/apis/JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.apis;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of @ link org.jclouds.types.ApiMetadata} for testing.
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
+ */
+public class JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+   
+   public JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("test-yet-another-compute-api")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Test Yet Another Compute Api")
+            .identityName("user")
+            .credentialName("password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/providers/BaseProviderMetadataTest.java

@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -33,15 +36,15 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
  */
 @Test(groups = "unit")
 public abstract class BaseProviderMetadataTest {
-   protected Set<String> allTypes = ImmutableSet.of(ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE, ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE,
-            ProviderMetadata.LOADBALANCER_TYPE, ProviderMetadata.QUEUE_TYPE, ProviderMetadata.TABLE_TYPE);
 
    private final ProviderMetadata toTest;
-   private final String expectedType;
+   private final ApiType expectedType;
+   private final ApiMetadata expectedApi;
 
-   public BaseProviderMetadataTest(ProviderMetadata toTest, String expectedType) {
-      this.toTest = toTest;
-      this.expectedType = expectedType;
+   public BaseProviderMetadataTest(ProviderMetadata toTest, ApiMetadata expectedApi) {
+      this.toTest = checkNotNull(toTest, "toTest must be defined");
+      this.expectedApi = checkNotNull(expectedApi, "expectedApi must be defined");
+      this.expectedType = expectedApi.getType();
    }
 
    @Test
@@ -52,6 +55,14 @@ public abstract class BaseProviderMetadataTest {
       assert providerMetadata.getLinkedServices().contains(toTest.getId());
    }
    
+   @Test
+   public void testOfApiContains() {
+      if (expectedApi == null)
+         Logger.getAnonymousLogger().warning("please update your test class");
+      ImmutableSet<ProviderMetadata> ofApi = ImmutableSet.copyOf(Providers.ofApi(expectedApi));
+      assert ofApi.contains(toTest) : String.format("%s not found in %s", toTest, ofApi);
+   }
+
    // it is ok to have multiple services in the same classpath (ex. ec2 vs elb)
    @Test
    public void testOfTypeContains() {

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/providers/JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata.java

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
@@ -30,76 +31,36 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
  */
 public class JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "test-blobstore-provider";
+   public JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .api(new JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata())
+            .id("test-blobstore-api")
+            .name("Test Blobstore Provider")
+            .homepage(URI.create("http://jclouds.org"))
+            .console(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console"))
+            .iso3166Codes(ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-FL")));
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE;
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "Test Blobstore Provider";
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "user";
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "password";
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
    }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-FL");
-   }
-
 }

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/providers/JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata.java

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
@@ -30,76 +31,36 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
  */
 public class JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getId()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "test-compute-provider";
+   public JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .api(new JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata())
+            .id("test-compute-api")
+            .name("Test Compute Provider")
+            .homepage(URI.create("http://jclouds.org"))
+            .console(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console"))
+            .iso3166Codes(ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA")));
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getType()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE;
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getName()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "Test Compute Provider";
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestComputeProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "user";
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "password";
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
    }
-
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getHomepage()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getConsole()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA");
-   }
-
 }

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/providers/JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata.java

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 package org.jclouds.providers;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
@@ -30,76 +31,36 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
  */
 public class JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getId()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "test-yet-another-compute-provider";
+   public JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .api(new JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata())
+            .id("test-yet-another-compute-provider")
+            .name("Test Yet Another Compute Provider")
+            .homepage(URI.create("http://jclouds.org"))
+            .console(URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console"))
+            .iso3166Codes(ImmutableSet.of("JP-13")));
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getType()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE;
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getName()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "Test Yet Another Compute Provider";
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "user";
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "password";
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
    }
-
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getHomepage()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@ see org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata#getConsole()}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/console");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("http://jclouds.org/documentation");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("JP-13");
-   }
-
 }

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/providers/ProvidersTest.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
  * 
  * @author Jeremy Whitlock <jwhitlock@apache.org>
  */
-@Test( groups = "unit" )
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ProvidersTest")
 public class ProvidersTest {
 
    private final ProviderMetadata testBlobstoreProvider = new JcloudsTestBlobStoreProviderMetadata();
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
 
       try {
          providerMetadata = Providers.withId("fake-id");
-         fail("Looking for a provider with an id that doesn't exist should " +
-              "throw an exceptoin.");
+         fail("Looking for a provider with an id that doesn't exist should " + "throw an exceptoin.");
       } catch (NoSuchElementException nsee) {
          ; // Expected
       }
@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
 
    @Test
    public void testOfType() {
+      Iterable<ProviderMetadata> providersMetadata = Providers.ofType(ApiType.BLOBSTORE);
+
+      for (ProviderMetadata providerMetadata : providersMetadata) {
+         assertEquals(testBlobstoreProvider, providerMetadata);
+      }
+
+      providersMetadata = Providers.ofType(ApiType.COMPUTE);
+
+      for (ProviderMetadata providerMetadata : providersMetadata) {
+         if (providerMetadata.getName().equals(testComputeProvider.getName())) {
+            assertEquals(testComputeProvider, providerMetadata);
+         } else {
+            assertEquals(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, providerMetadata);
+         }
+      }
+
+      providersMetadata = Providers.ofType(ApiType.UNRECOGNIZED);
+
+      assertEquals(false, providersMetadata.iterator().hasNext());
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   @Deprecated
+   public void testOfTypeDeprecated() {
       Iterable<ProviderMetadata> providersMetadata = Providers.ofType(ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE);
 
       for (ProviderMetadata providerMetadata : providersMetadata) {
@@ -86,10 +110,10 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
       for (ProviderMetadata providerMetadata : providersMetadata) {
          if (providerMetadata.getName().equals(testBlobstoreProvider.getName())) {
             assertEquals(testBlobstoreProvider, providerMetadata);
-         } else if (providerMetadata.getName().equals(testComputeProvider.getName())){
+         } else if (providerMetadata.getName().equals(testComputeProvider.getName())) {
             assertEquals(testComputeProvider, providerMetadata);
          } else {
-             assertEquals(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, providerMetadata);
+            assertEquals(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, providerMetadata);
          }
       }
    }
@@ -104,6 +128,44 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("JP")), 1);
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("FAKE-CODE")), 0);
 
+      // Test filtering by ISO 3166 code and type
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-CA", ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-CA", ApiType.COMPUTE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-FL", ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-FL", ApiType.COMPUTE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US", ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US", ApiType.COMPUTE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("FAKE-CODE", ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("FAKE-CODE", ApiType.COMPUTE)), 0);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testCollocatedWith() {
+      // Test filtering by collocation alone
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testBlobstoreProvider)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider)), 0);
+
+      // Test filtering by collocation and type
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testBlobstoreProvider, ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testBlobstoreProvider, ApiType.COMPUTE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider, ApiType.COMPUTE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider, ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, ApiType.COMPUTE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, ApiType.BLOBSTORE)), 0);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   @Deprecated
+   public void testBoundedByIso3166CodeDeprecated() {
+      // Test filtering by ISO 3166 code alone
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-CA")), 2);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-FL")), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US")), 2);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("JP-13")), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("JP")), 1);
+      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("FAKE-CODE")), 0);
+
       // Test filtering by ISO 3166 code and type
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-CA", ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE)), 1);
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.boundedByIso3166Code("US-CA", ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE)), 1);
@@ -116,7 +178,8 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
    }
 
    @Test
-   public void testCollocatedWith() {
+   @Deprecated
+   public void testCollocatedWithDeprecated() {
       // Test filtering by collocation alone
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testBlobstoreProvider)), 1);
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider)), 1);
@@ -127,9 +190,9 @@ public class ProvidersTest {
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testBlobstoreProvider, ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE)), 1);
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider, ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE)), 0);
       assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testComputeProvider, ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE)), 1);
-      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider,
-            ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE)), 0);
-      assertEquals(Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider,
-            ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(
+            Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE)), 0);
+      assertEquals(
+            Iterables.size(Providers.collocatedWith(testYetAnotherComputeProvider, ProviderMetadata.BLOBSTORE_TYPE)), 0);
    }
 }

core/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestBlobStoreApiMetadata
+org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestComputeApiMetadata
+org.jclouds.apis.JcloudsTestYetAnotherComputeApiMetadata

labs/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderMetadata.java

@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@
 package org.jclouds.aws.elb;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jclouds.elb.ELBApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of @ link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for Amazon's Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -34,82 +31,38 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
  */
 public class AWSELBProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "aws-elb";
+   public AWSELBProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("aws-elb")
+            .name("Amazon Elastic Load Balancing")
+            .api(new ELBApiMetadata())
+            .homepage(URI.create("http://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing"))
+            .console(URI.create("https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home"))
+            .linkedServices("aws-ec2","aws-elb", "aws-elb", "aws-s3", "aws-simpledb")
+            .iso3166Codes("US-VA", "US-CA", "BR-SP", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13"));
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.LOADBALANCER_TYPE;
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected AWSELBProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "Amazon Elastic Load Balancing";
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public AWSELBProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new AWSELBProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "Access Key ID";
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "Secret Access Key";
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home");
-   }
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/APIReference");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getLinkedServices() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("aws-s3", "aws-ec2", "aws-elb", "aws-simpledb");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
-   }
 }

labs/aws-elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderTest.java

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.elb;
 
+import org.jclouds.elb.ELBApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadataTest;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 public class AWSELBProviderTest extends BaseProviderMetadataTest {
 
    public AWSELBProviderTest() {
-      super(new AWSELBProviderMetadata(), ProviderMetadata.LOADBALANCER_TYPE);
+      super(new AWSELBProviderMetadata(), new ELBApiMetadata());
    }
 }

labs/elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.elb;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for Amazon's Elastic Load Balancing api.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class ELBApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public ELBApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("elb")
+            .type(ApiType.LOADBALANCER)
+            .name("Amazon Elastic Load Balancing Api")
+            .identityName("Access Key ID")
+            .credentialName("Secret Access Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/APIReference")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected ELBApiMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public ELBApiMetadata build() {
+         return new ELBApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+}

labs/elb/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jclouds.elb.ELBApiMetadata

labs/elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBApiMetadataTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.elb;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadataTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ELBApiMetadataTest")
+public class ELBApiMetadataTest extends BaseApiMetadataTest {
+
+   public ELBApiMetadataTest() {
+      super(new ELBApiMetadata(), ApiType.LOADBALANCER);
+   }
+}

labs/glesys/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glesys/GleSYSApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.jclouds.glesys;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for GleSYS API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class GleSYSApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public GleSYSApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("glesys")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("GleSYS API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("API Key")
+            .documentation(URI.create("https://customer.glesys.com/api.php")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected GleSYSApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public GleSYSApiMetadata build() {
+         return new GleSYSApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

labs/glesys/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glesys/GleSYSProviderMetadata.java

@@ -19,97 +19,47 @@
 package org.jclouds.glesys;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 /**
- * Implementation of {@ link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for GleSYS.
+ * Implementation of {@link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for GleSYS.
  *
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public class GleSYSProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "glesys";
+   public GleSYSProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("glesys")
+            .name("GleSYS")
+            .api(new GleSYSApiMetadata())
+            .homepage(URI.create("http://www.glesys.com"))
+            .console(URI.create("https://customer.glesys.com/cloud.php"))
+            .iso3166Codes("NL-NH","SE-N","US-NY","SE-AB"));
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE;
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected GleSYSProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "GleSYS";
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public GleSYSProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new GleSYSProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "Username";
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
    }
 
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "API Key";
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://www.glesys.com");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("https://customer.glesys.com/cloud.php");
-   }
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("https://customer.glesys.com/api.php");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getLinkedServices() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("glesys");
-   }
-
-   /**
-   * {@inheritDoc}
-   */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("NL-NH","SE-N","US-NY","SE-AB");
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
    }
 
 }

labs/glesys/src/test/java/org/jclouds/glesys/GleSYSProviderTest.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.jclouds.glesys;
 
 import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadataTest;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +29,6 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 public class GleSYSProviderTest extends BaseProviderMetadataTest {
 
    public GleSYSProviderTest() {
-      super(new GleSYSProviderMetadata(), ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE);
+      super(new GleSYSProviderMetadata(), new GleSYSApiMetadata());
    }
 }

labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.apis.ApiType;
+import org.jclouds.apis.BaseApiMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the Savvis Symphony VPDC API
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata extends BaseApiMetadata {
+
+   public SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("savvis-symphonyvpdc")
+            .type(ApiType.COMPUTE)
+            .name("Savvis Symphony VPDC API")
+            .identityName("Username")
+            .credentialName("Password")
+            .documentation(URI.create("https://api.savvis.net/doc/spec/api/index.html")));
+   }
+
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata build() {
+         return new SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromApiMetadata(this);
+   }
+
+}

labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata.java

@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.jclouds.providers.BaseProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link org.jclouds.types.ProviderMetadata} for Savvis Symphony VPDC services.
@@ -32,110 +28,72 @@ import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
  * @author Kedar Dave
  */
 public class SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getId() {
-      return "savvis-symphonyvpdc";
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getType() {
-      return ProviderMetadata.COMPUTE_TYPE;
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getName() {
-      return "Savvis Symphony VPDC";
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getIdentityName() {
-      return "username";
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public String getCredentialName() {
-      return "password";
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getHomepage() {
-      return URI.create("http://www.savvis.com/en-US/infrastructure-services/Cloud/Pages/SavvisSymphonyVPDC.aspx");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getConsole() {
-      return URI.create("https://www.savvisstation.com");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public URI getApiDocumentation() {
-      return URI.create("https://api.savvis.net/doc/spec/api/index.html");
-   }
-
-   /**
+   public SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata() {
+      this(builder()
+            .id("savvis-symphonyvpdc")
+            .name("Savvis Symphony VPDC")
+            .api(new SavvisSymphonyVPDCApiMetadata())
+            .homepage(URI.create("https://api.savvis.net/doc/spec/api/index.html"))
+            .console(URI.create("https://www.savvisstation.com"))
+               /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * list of data centers from savvisstation colocation guide 
     * https://www.savvisstation.com/DocumentViewer?GUID=a95f0387-cbfe-43eb-b25b-4f2b0f68498f&sessionid=SavvisCCC%3ac9a8984b9655b01916be587e5204b2cf
     * Once we have confirmation from Savvis as to what data centers are used for vpdc deployments,
     * iso codes for those will be entered here
     * 
-    * City								Code
-    * 	Lithia Springs, GA 				AT1
-	*	Waltham, MA 					BO1
-	*	Waltham, MA 					BO2
-	*	Waltham, MA 					B03
-	*	Elk Grove Village, IL 			CH3
-	*	Chicago, IL 					CH4 
-	*	Sterling, VA 					DC2
-	*	Sterling, VA 					DC3
-	*	Sterling, VA 					DC4 Phase I 
-	*   Sterling, VA 					DC4 Phase II
-	*	Fort Worth, TX					DL1 
-	*	Fort Worth, TX 					DL2 
-	*	El Segundo, CA 					LA1 
-	*	Jersey City, NJ 				NJ1
-	*	Weehawken, NJ 					NJ2
-	*	Piscataway, NJ 					NJ3
-	*	Piscataway, NJ 2nd floor 		NJ3
-	*	Weehawken, NJ 					NJ2X
-	*	Irvine, CA 						OC2
-	*	Santa Clara, CA 				SC4
-	*	Santa Clara, CA 				SC5
-	*	Santa Clara, CA 				SC8
-	*	Santa Clara, CA 				SC9
-	*	Tukwila, WA 1st floor 			SE2
-	*	Montreal, Canada 				MR1
-	*	Toronto, Canada 				TR1
-	*	Vancouver, Canada 				VC1
+    * City                       Code
+    *    Lithia Springs, GA            AT1
+   *  Waltham, MA                BO1
+   *  Waltham, MA                BO2
+   *  Waltham, MA                B03
+   *  Elk Grove Village, IL         CH3
+   *  Chicago, IL                CH4 
+   *  Sterling, VA               DC2
+   *  Sterling, VA               DC3
+   *  Sterling, VA               DC4 Phase I 
+   *   Sterling, VA              DC4 Phase II
+   *  Fort Worth, TX             DL1 
+   *  Fort Worth, TX                DL2 
+   *  El Segundo, CA                LA1 
+   *  Jersey City, NJ            NJ1
+   *  Weehawken, NJ              NJ2
+   *  Piscataway, NJ                NJ3
+   *  Piscataway, NJ 2nd floor      NJ3
+   *  Weehawken, NJ              NJ2X
+   *  Irvine, CA                 OC2
+   *  Santa Clara, CA            SC4
+   *  Santa Clara, CA            SC5
+   *  Santa Clara, CA            SC8
+   *  Santa Clara, CA            SC9
+   *  Tukwila, WA 1st floor         SE2
+   *  Montreal, Canada           MR1
+   *  Toronto, Canada            TR1
+   *  Vancouver, Canada             VC1
     */
-   @Override
-   public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("");
+            .iso3166Codes("US", "CA"));
    }
 
+   // below are so that we can reuse builders, toString, hashCode, etc.
+   // we have to set concrete classes here, as our base class cannot be
+   // concrete due to serviceLoader
+   protected SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata(ConcreteBuilder builder) {
+      super(builder);
+   }
+
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+
+      @Override
+      public SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata build() {
+         return new SavvisSymphonyVPDCProviderMetadata(this);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static ConcreteBuilder builder() {
+      return new ConcreteBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public ConcreteBuilder toBuilder() {
+      return builder().fromProviderMetadata(this);
+   }
 }