Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/jclouds/jclouds into large-blob

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/binders/IfNotNullBindAvailabilityZoneToFormParam.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.jclouds.ec2.binders;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -34,11 +35,22 @@ import org.jclouds.rest.Binder;
  */
 @Singleton
 public class IfNotNullBindAvailabilityZoneToFormParam implements Binder {
+   private final String param;
+
+   @Inject
+   protected IfNotNullBindAvailabilityZoneToFormParam() {
+      this("Placement.AvailabilityZone");
+   }
+
+   protected IfNotNullBindAvailabilityZoneToFormParam(String param) {
+      this.param = param;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
       if (input != null) {
-         checkArgument(input instanceof String, "this binder is only valid for AvailabilityZone!");
+         checkArgument(input instanceof String, "this binder is only valid for String!");
-         return ModifyRequest.addFormParam(request, "Placement.AvailabilityZone", (String) input);
+         return ModifyRequest.addFormParam(request, param, (String) input);
       }
       return request;
    }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeService.java

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap.Builder;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap.Builder;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 /**
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ public class EC2ComputeService extends BaseComputeService {
    @Override
    public Set<? extends NodeMetadata> destroyNodesMatching(Predicate<NodeMetadata> filter) {
       Set<? extends NodeMetadata> deadOnes = super.destroyNodesMatching(filter);
-      Builder<String, String> regionGroups = ImmutableMap.<String, String> builder();
+      Builder<String, String> regionGroups = ImmutableMultimap.<String, String> builder();
       for (NodeMetadata nodeMetadata : deadOnes) {
          if (nodeMetadata.getGroup() != null)
             regionGroups.put(AWSUtils.parseHandle(nodeMetadata.getId())[0], nodeMetadata.getGroup());
       }
-      for (Entry<String, String> regionGroup : regionGroups.build().entrySet()) {
+      for (Entry<String, String> regionGroup : regionGroups.build().entries()) {
          cleanUpIncidentalResources(regionGroup);
       }
       return deadOnes;

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/config/EC2ComputeServiceDependenciesModule.java

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import static org.jclouds.ec2.reference.EC2Constants.PROPERTY_EC2_AMI_OWNERS;
 
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
@@ -54,13 +53,10 @@ import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.options.EC2TemplateOptions;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceState;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.KeyPair;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.predicates.InstancePresent;
-import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestContextImpl;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -77,11 +73,11 @@ import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 public class EC2ComputeServiceDependenciesModule extends AbstractModule {
 
    public static final Map<InstanceState, NodeState> instanceToNodeState = ImmutableMap
-         .<InstanceState, NodeState> builder().put(InstanceState.PENDING, NodeState.PENDING)
+            .<InstanceState, NodeState> builder().put(InstanceState.PENDING, NodeState.PENDING).put(
-         .put(InstanceState.RUNNING, NodeState.RUNNING).put(InstanceState.SHUTTING_DOWN, NodeState.PENDING)
+                     InstanceState.RUNNING, NodeState.RUNNING).put(InstanceState.SHUTTING_DOWN, NodeState.PENDING).put(
-         .put(InstanceState.TERMINATED, NodeState.TERMINATED).put(InstanceState.STOPPING, NodeState.PENDING)
+                     InstanceState.TERMINATED, NodeState.TERMINATED).put(InstanceState.STOPPING, NodeState.PENDING)
-         .put(InstanceState.STOPPED, NodeState.SUSPENDED).put(InstanceState.UNRECOGNIZED, NodeState.UNRECOGNIZED)
+            .put(InstanceState.STOPPED, NodeState.SUSPENDED).put(InstanceState.UNRECOGNIZED, NodeState.UNRECOGNIZED)
-         .build();
+            .build();
 
    @Singleton
    @Provides
@@ -89,13 +85,6 @@ public class EC2ComputeServiceDependenciesModule extends AbstractModule {
       return instanceToNodeState;
    }
 
-   @Provides
-   @Singleton
-   @Named("PRESENT")
-   protected Predicate<RunningInstance> instancePresent(InstancePresent present) {
-      return new RetryablePredicate<RunningInstance>(present, 5000, 200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-   }
-
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
       bind(TemplateBuilder.class).to(EC2TemplateBuilderImpl.class);

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/functions/RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata.java

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata implements Function<RunningInstance,
    protected final Map<InstanceState, NodeState> instanceToNodeState;
 
    @Inject
-   RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata(Map<InstanceState, NodeState> instanceToNodeState,
+   protected RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata(Map<InstanceState, NodeState> instanceToNodeState,
             Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore, Map<RegionAndName, Image> instanceToImage,
             @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Hardware>> hardware) {
       this.locations = checkNotNull(locations, "locations");
@@ -85,13 +85,14 @@ public class RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata implements Function<RunningInstance,
 
    @Override
    public NodeMetadata apply(RunningInstance instance) {
+      if (instance == null || instance.getId() == null)
+         return null;
       NodeMetadataBuilder builder = new NodeMetadataBuilder();
-      String providerId = checkNotNull(instance, "instance").getId();
+      builder.providerId(instance.getId());
-      builder.providerId(providerId);
+      builder.id(instance.getRegion() + "/" + instance.getId());
-      builder.id(instance.getRegion() + "/" + providerId);
       String group = getGroupForInstance(instance);
       builder.group(group);
-      builder.credentials(credentialStore.get("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + providerId));
+      addCredentialsForInstance(builder, instance);
       builder.state(instanceToNodeState.get(instance.getInstanceState()));
       builder.publicAddresses(NullSafeCollections.nullSafeSet(instance.getIpAddress()));
       builder.privateAddresses(NullSafeCollections.nullSafeSet(instance.getPrivateIpAddress()));
@@ -104,21 +105,25 @@ public class RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata implements Function<RunningInstance,
       RegionAndName regionAndName = new RegionAndName(instance.getRegion(), instance.getImageId());
       try {
          Image image = instanceToImage.get(regionAndName);
-          if (image != null)
+         if (image != null)
-              builder.operatingSystem(image.getOperatingSystem());
+            builder.operatingSystem(image.getOperatingSystem());
-      }
+      } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-      catch (NullPointerException e) {
+         // The instanceToImage Map may throw NullPointerException (actually subclass
-          // The instanceToImage Map may throw NullPointerException (actually subclass NullOutputException) if the
+         // NullOutputException) if the
-          // computing Function returns a null value.
+         // computing Function returns a null value.
-          //
+         //
-          // See the following for more information:
+         // See the following for more information:
-          // MapMaker.makeComputingMap()
+         // MapMaker.makeComputingMap()
-          // RegionAndIdToImage.apply()
+         // RegionAndIdToImage.apply()
       }
 
       return builder.build();
    }
 
+   protected void addCredentialsForInstance(NodeMetadataBuilder builder, RunningInstance instance) {
+      builder.credentials(credentialStore.get("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + instance.getId()));
+   }
+
    protected Hardware parseHardware(final RunningInstance instance) {
       Hardware hardware = getHardwareForInstance(instance);
 
@@ -171,9 +176,8 @@ public class RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata implements Function<RunningInstance,
       } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
          logger.debug("no group parsed from %s's security groups: %s", instance.getId(), instance.getGroupIds());
       } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-         logger
+         logger.debug("too many groups match %s; %s's security groups: %s", "jclouds#", instance.getId(), instance
-                  .debug("too many groups match %s; %s's security groups: %s", "jclouds#", instance.getId(), instance
+                  .getGroupIds());
-                           .getGroupIds());
       }
       return group;
    }
@@ -203,6 +207,8 @@ public class RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata implements Function<RunningInstance,
    }
 
    private Location findLocationWithId(final String locationId) {
+      if (locationId == null)
+         return null;
       try {
          Location location = Iterables.find(locations.get(), new Predicate<Location>() {
 

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/options/EC2TemplateOptions.java

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class EC2TemplateOptions extends TemplateOptions implements Cloneable {
    private String keyPair = null;
    private boolean noKeyPair;
    private byte[] userData;
-   private Set<BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSet.of();
+   private ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSet.<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
 
    public static final EC2TemplateOptions NONE = new EC2TemplateOptions();
 
@@ -142,80 +142,29 @@ public class EC2TemplateOptions extends TemplateOptions implements Cloneable {
       return this;
    }
 
-   /**
-    * Specifies the block device mappings to be used to run the instance
-    */
    public EC2TemplateOptions mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName(String deviceName, String snapshotId,
          @Nullable Integer sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
-      checkNotNull(deviceName, "deviceName cannot be null");
+      blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapEBSSnapshotToDevice(deviceName, snapshotId, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(deviceName, "deviceName must be non-empty");
-      checkNotNull(snapshotId, "snapshotId cannot be null");
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(snapshotId, "snapshotId must be non-empty");
-      com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> mappings = ImmutableSet
-            .<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
-      mappings.addAll(blockDeviceMappings);
-      MapEBSSnapshotToDevice mapping = new MapEBSSnapshotToDevice(deviceName, snapshotId, sizeInGib,
-            deleteOnTermination);
-      mappings.add(mapping);
-      blockDeviceMappings = mappings.build();
       return this;
    }
 
-   /**
-    * Specifies the block device mappings to be used to run the instance
-    */
    public EC2TemplateOptions mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(String deviceName, int sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
-      checkNotNull(deviceName, "deviceName cannot be null");
+      blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapNewVolumeToDevice(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(deviceName, "deviceName must be non-empty");
-
-      com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> mappings = ImmutableSet
-            .<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
-      mappings.addAll(blockDeviceMappings);
-      MapNewVolumeToDevice mapping = new MapNewVolumeToDevice(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination);
-      mappings.add(mapping);
-      blockDeviceMappings = mappings.build();
       return this;
    }
 
-   /**
-    * Specifies the block device mappings to be used to run the instance
-    */
    public EC2TemplateOptions mapEphemeralDeviceToDeviceName(String deviceName, String virtualName) {
-      checkNotNull(deviceName, "deviceName cannot be null");
+      blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapEphemeralDeviceToDevice(deviceName, virtualName));
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(deviceName, "deviceName must be non-empty");
-      checkNotNull(virtualName, "virtualName cannot be null");
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(virtualName, "virtualName must be non-empty");
-
-      com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> mappings = ImmutableSet
-            .<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
-      mappings.addAll(blockDeviceMappings);
-      MapEphemeralDeviceToDevice mapping = new MapEphemeralDeviceToDevice(deviceName, virtualName);
-      mappings.add(mapping);
-      blockDeviceMappings = mappings.build();
       return this;
    }
 
-   /**
-    * Specifies the block device mappings to be used to run the instance
-    */
    public EC2TemplateOptions unmapDeviceNamed(String deviceName) {
-      checkNotNull(deviceName, "deviceName cannot be null");
+      blockDeviceMappings.add(new UnmapDeviceNamed(deviceName));
-      Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(deviceName, "deviceName must be non-empty");
-
-      com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> mappings = ImmutableSet
-            .<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
-      mappings.addAll(blockDeviceMappings);
-      UnmapDeviceNamed mapping = new UnmapDeviceNamed(deviceName);
-      mappings.add(mapping);
-      blockDeviceMappings = mappings.build();
       return this;
    }
 
-   /**
+   public EC2TemplateOptions blockDeviceMappings(Iterable<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings) {
-    * Specifies the block device mappings to be used to run the instance
+      this.blockDeviceMappings.addAll(checkNotNull(blockDeviceMappings, "blockDeviceMappings"));
-    */
-   public EC2TemplateOptions blockDeviceMappings(Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings) {
-      this.blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(blockDeviceMappings, "blockDeviceMappings"));
       return this;
    }
 
@@ -511,7 +460,7 @@ public class EC2TemplateOptions extends TemplateOptions implements Cloneable {
     * @return BlockDeviceMapping to use when running the instance or null.
     */
    public Set<BlockDeviceMapping> getBlockDeviceMappings() {
-      return blockDeviceMappings;
+      return blockDeviceMappings.build();
    }
 
    @Override

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/predicates/InstancePresent.java

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
  * ====================================================================
  */
 
-package org.jclouds.ec2.predicates;
+package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.predicates;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.RegionAndName;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import org.jclouds.rest.ResourceNotFoundException;
 
@@ -34,13 +36,11 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
 /**
- * 
- * Tests to see if a task succeeds.
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 @Singleton
-public class InstancePresent implements Predicate<RunningInstance> {
+public class InstancePresent implements Predicate<RegionAndName> {
 
    private final EC2Client client;
 
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ public class InstancePresent implements Predicate<RunningInstance> {
 
    @Inject
    public InstancePresent(EC2Client client) {
-      this.client = client;
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
    }
 
-   public boolean apply(RunningInstance instance) {
+   public boolean apply(RegionAndName instance) {
-      logger.trace("looking for instance %s", instance);
+      logger.trace("looking for instance %s/%s", instance.getRegion(), instance.getName());
       try {
-         instance = refresh(instance);
+         refresh(instance);
          return true;
       } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
          return false;
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public class InstancePresent implements Predicate<RunningInstance> {
       }
    }
 
-   private RunningInstance refresh(RunningInstance instance) {
+   protected void refresh(RegionAndName instance) {
-      return Iterables.getOnlyElement(Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(
+      Iterables.getOnlyElement(Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(
-               instance.getRegion(), instance.getId())));
+               instance.getRegion(), instance.getName())));
    }
 }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet.java

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.all;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.transform;
 import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.util.EC2ComputeUtils.getZoneFromLocationOrNull;
-import static org.jclouds.ec2.compute.util.EC2ComputeUtils.instanceToId;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet;
 import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeUtils;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.RegionAndName;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.predicates.InstancePresent;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.options.RunInstancesOptions;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
@@ -51,7 +53,6 @@ import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
@@ -76,49 +77,58 @@ public class EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet implements CreateNodesInGroupThen
    final Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
    @VisibleForTesting
    final ComputeUtils utils;
-   final Predicate<RunningInstance> instancePresent;
+   final InstancePresent instancePresent;
    final Function<RunningInstance, Credentials> instanceToCredentials;
    final Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore;
    final Provider<TemplateBuilder> templateBuilderProvider;
 
    @Inject
-   EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet(
+   protected EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet(
-         EC2Client client,
+            EC2Client client,
-         Provider<TemplateBuilder> templateBuilderProvider,
+            Provider<TemplateBuilder> templateBuilderProvider,
-         CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize,
+            CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize,
-         @Named("PRESENT") Predicate<RunningInstance> instancePresent,
+            InstancePresent instancePresent, Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
-         Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
+            Function<RunningInstance, Credentials> instanceToCredentials, Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore,
-         Function<RunningInstance, Credentials> instanceToCredentials, Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore,
+            ComputeUtils utils) {
-         ComputeUtils utils) {
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
-      this.client = client;
+      this.templateBuilderProvider = checkNotNull(templateBuilderProvider, "templateBuilderProvider");
-      this.templateBuilderProvider = templateBuilderProvider;
+      this.instancePresent = checkNotNull(instancePresent, "instancePresent");
-      this.instancePresent = instancePresent;
+      this.createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize = checkNotNull(
-      this.createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize = createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize;
+               createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize,
-      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+               "createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize");
-      this.instanceToCredentials = instanceToCredentials;
+      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = checkNotNull(runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, "runningInstanceToNodeMetadata");
-      this.credentialStore = credentialStore;
+      this.instanceToCredentials = checkNotNull(instanceToCredentials, "instanceToCredentials");
-      this.utils = utils;
+      this.credentialStore = checkNotNull(credentialStore, "credentialStore");
+      this.utils = checkNotNull(utils, "utils");
    }
 
+   public static Function<RunningInstance, RegionAndName> instanceToRegionAndName = new Function<RunningInstance, RegionAndName>() {
+      @Override
+      public RegionAndName apply(RunningInstance from) {
+         return new RegionAndName(from.getRegion(), from.getId());
+      }
+   };
+
    @Override
    public Map<?, Future<Void>> execute(String group, int count, Template template, Set<NodeMetadata> goodNodes,
-         Map<NodeMetadata, Exception> badNodes, Multimap<NodeMetadata, CustomizationResponse> customizationResponses) {
+            Map<NodeMetadata, Exception> badNodes, Multimap<NodeMetadata, CustomizationResponse> customizationResponses) {
       // ensure we don't mutate the input template
       template = templateBuilderProvider.get().fromTemplate(template).build();
       Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> started = createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededThenRunInstances(group,
-            count, template);
+               count, template);
-      Iterable<String> ids = transform(started, instanceToId);
+
+      Iterable<RegionAndName> ids = transform(started, instanceToRegionAndName);
 
       String idsString = Joiner.on(',').join(ids);
       if (Iterables.size(ids) > 0) {
          logger.debug("<< started instances(%s)", idsString);
-         all(started, instancePresent);
+         all(ids, instancePresent);
          logger.debug("<< present instances(%s)", idsString);
          populateCredentials(started);
       }
 
-      return utils.customizeNodesAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap(template.getOptions(),
+      return utils.customizeNodesAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap(template.getOptions(), transform(started,
-            transform(started, runningInstanceToNodeMetadata), goodNodes, badNodes, customizationResponses);
+               runningInstanceToNodeMetadata), goodNodes, badNodes, customizationResponses);
    }
 
    protected void populateCredentials(Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> started) {
@@ -131,19 +141,20 @@ public class EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet implements CreateNodesInGroupThen
       if (credentials != null)
          for (RunningInstance instance : started)
             credentialStore.put("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + instance.getId(), credentials);
-
    }
 
    // TODO write test for this
-   @VisibleForTesting
+   protected Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededThenRunInstances(String group,
-   Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededThenRunInstances(String group, int count,
+            int count, Template template) {
-         Template template) {
       String region = AWSUtils.getRegionFromLocationOrNull(template.getLocation());
       String zone = getZoneFromLocationOrNull(template.getLocation());
-
       RunInstancesOptions instanceOptions = createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize.execute(region,
-            group, template);
+               group, template);
+      return createNodesInRegionAndZone(region, zone, count, template, instanceOptions);
+   }
 
+   protected Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> createNodesInRegionAndZone(String region, String zone, int count,
+            Template template, RunInstancesOptions instanceOptions) {
       int countStarted = 0;
       int tries = 0;
       Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> started = ImmutableSet.<RunningInstance> of();
@@ -151,12 +162,10 @@ public class EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet implements CreateNodesInGroupThen
       while (countStarted < count && tries++ < count) {
          if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
             logger.debug(">> running %d instance region(%s) zone(%s) ami(%s) params(%s)", count - countStarted, region,
-                  zone, template.getImage().getProviderId(), instanceOptions.buildFormParameters());
+                     zone, template.getImage().getProviderId(), instanceOptions.buildFormParameters());
 
-         started = Iterables.concat(
+         started = Iterables.concat(started, client.getInstanceServices().runInstancesInRegion(region, zone,
-               started,
+                  template.getImage().getProviderId(), 1, count - countStarted, instanceOptions));
-               client.getInstanceServices().runInstancesInRegion(region, zone, template.getImage().getProviderId(), 1,
-                     count - countStarted, instanceOptions));
 
          countStarted = Iterables.size(started);
          if (countStarted < count)

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2DestroyNodeStrategy.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
 import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
@@ -41,14 +43,13 @@ public class EC2DestroyNodeStrategy implements DestroyNodeStrategy {
    @Resource
    @Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
    protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
-   protected final EC2Client ec2Client;
+   protected final EC2Client client;
    protected final GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNode;
 
    @Inject
-   protected EC2DestroyNodeStrategy(EC2Client ec2Client,
+   protected EC2DestroyNodeStrategy(EC2Client client, GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNode) {
-         GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNodeMetadataStrategy) {
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
-      this.ec2Client = ec2Client;
+      this.getNode = checkNotNull(getNode, "getNode");
-      this.getNode = getNodeMetadataStrategy;
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ public class EC2DestroyNodeStrategy implements DestroyNodeStrategy {
       String[] parts = AWSUtils.parseHandle(id);
       String region = parts[0];
       String instanceId = parts[1];
-      ec2Client.getInstanceServices().terminateInstancesInRegion(region,
+      destroyInstanceInRegion(region, instanceId);
-            instanceId);
       return getNode.getNode(id);
    }
+
+   protected void destroyInstanceInRegion(String region, String instanceId) {
+      client.getInstanceServices().terminateInstancesInRegion(region, instanceId);
+   }
 }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.services.InstanceClient;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
@@ -48,28 +48,27 @@ public class EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy implements GetNodeMetadataStrategy {
 
    @Inject
    protected EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy(EC2Client client,
-         Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata) {
+            Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata) {
-      this.client = client;
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
-      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = checkNotNull(runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, "runningInstanceToNodeMetadata");
    }
 
    @Override
    public NodeMetadata getNode(String id) {
+      checkNotNull(id, "id");
       String[] parts = AWSUtils.parseHandle(id);
       String region = parts[0];
       String instanceId = parts[1];
       try {
-         RunningInstance runningInstance = getOnlyElement(getAllRunningInstancesInRegion(client.getInstanceServices(),
+         RunningInstance runningInstance = getRunningInstanceInRegion(region, instanceId);
-               region, instanceId));
          return runningInstanceToNodeMetadata.apply(runningInstance);
       } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
          return null;
       }
    }
 
-   public static Iterable<RunningInstance> getAllRunningInstancesInRegion(InstanceClient client, String region,
+   public RunningInstance getRunningInstanceInRegion(String region, String id) {
-         String id) {
+      return getOnlyElement(Iterables.concat(client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(region, id)));
-      return Iterables.concat(client.describeInstancesInRegion(region, id));
    }
 
 }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2ListNodesStrategy.java

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.and;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.notNull;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.concat;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.filter;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.transform;
-import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newLinkedHashSet;
 import static org.jclouds.concurrent.FutureIterables.transformParallel;
 
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -35,19 +37,20 @@ import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.Reservation;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ComputeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.predicates.NodePredicates;
 import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
 import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.ListNodesStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.Reservation;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.location.Region;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -59,19 +62,19 @@ public class EC2ListNodesStrategy implements ListNodesStrategy {
    @Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
    protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
 
-   private final EC2AsyncClient client;
+   protected final EC2AsyncClient client;
-   private final Set<String> regions;
+   protected final Set<String> regions;
-   private final Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+   protected final Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
-   private final ExecutorService executor;
+   protected final ExecutorService executor;
 
    @Inject
    protected EC2ListNodesStrategy(EC2AsyncClient client, @Region Set<String> regions,
-         Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
+            Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
-         @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService executor) {
+            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService executor) {
-      this.client = client;
+      this.client =  checkNotNull(client, "client");
-      this.regions = regions;
+      this.regions =  checkNotNull(regions, "regions");
-      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = runningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+      this.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = checkNotNull(runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, "runningInstanceToNodeMetadata");
-      this.executor = executor;
+      this.executor =  checkNotNull(executor, "executor");
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -81,19 +84,25 @@ public class EC2ListNodesStrategy implements ListNodesStrategy {
 
    @Override
    public Set<? extends NodeMetadata> listDetailsOnNodesMatching(Predicate<ComputeMetadata> filter) {
+      Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> instances = pollRunningInstances();
+      Iterable<? extends NodeMetadata> nodes = filter(transform(filter(instances, notNull()),
+               runningInstanceToNodeMetadata), and(notNull(), filter));
+      return ImmutableSet.copyOf(nodes);
+   }
+
+   protected Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> pollRunningInstances() {
       Iterable<? extends Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>> reservations = transformParallel(
-            regions, new Function<String, Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>>>() {
+               regions, new Function<String, Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>>>() {
 
-               @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-               @Override
+                  @Override
-               public Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>> apply(String from) {
+                  public Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>> apply(String from) {
-                  return (Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>>) client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(from);
+                     return (Future<Set<? extends Reservation<? extends RunningInstance>>>) client
-               }
+                              .getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(from);
+                  }
 
-            }, executor, null, logger, "reservations");
+               }, executor, null, logger, "reservations");
 
-      Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> instances = concat(concat(reservations));
+      return concat(concat(reservations));
-      Iterable<? extends NodeMetadata> nodes = filter(transform(instances, runningInstanceToNodeMetadata), filter);
-      return newLinkedHashSet(nodes);
    }
 }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/util/EC2ComputeUtils.java

@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ package org.jclouds.ec2.compute.util;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LocationScope;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-
 /**
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
@@ -34,13 +31,6 @@ import com.google.common.base.Function;
 @Singleton
 public class EC2ComputeUtils {
 
-   public static Function<RunningInstance, String> instanceToId = new Function<RunningInstance, String>() {
-      @Override
-      public String apply(RunningInstance from) {
-         return from.getId();
-      }
-   };
-
    public static String getZoneFromLocationOrNull(Location location) {
       return location.getScope() == LocationScope.ZONE ? location.getId() : null;
    }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/BlockDeviceMapping.java

@@ -30,7 +30,64 @@ import org.jclouds.util.Preconditions2;
  * 
  * @author Lili Nadar
  */
-public class BlockDeviceMapping {
+public class BlockDeviceMapping implements Comparable<BlockDeviceMapping>{
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      private String deviceName;
+      private String virtualName;
+      private String snapshotId;
+      private Integer sizeInGib;
+      private Boolean noDevice;
+      private Boolean deleteOnTermination;
+
+      public Builder deviceName(String deviceName) {
+         this.deviceName = deviceName;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder virtualName(String virtualName) {
+         this.virtualName = virtualName;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder snapshotId(String snapshotId) {
+         this.snapshotId = snapshotId;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder sizeInGib(Integer sizeInGib) {
+         this.sizeInGib = sizeInGib;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder noDevice(Boolean noDevice) {
+         this.noDevice = noDevice;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder deleteOnTermination(Boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+         this.deleteOnTermination = deleteOnTermination;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public BlockDeviceMapping build() {
+         return new BlockDeviceMapping(deviceName, virtualName, snapshotId, sizeInGib, noDevice, deleteOnTermination);
+      }
+
+      public Builder clear() {
+         this.deviceName = null;
+         this.virtualName = null;
+         this.snapshotId = null;
+         this.sizeInGib = null;
+         this.noDevice = null;
+         this.deleteOnTermination = null;
+         return this;
+      }
+   }
+
    private final String deviceName;
    private final String virtualName;
    private final String snapshotId;
@@ -43,14 +100,14 @@ public class BlockDeviceMapping {
    private static final Integer VOLUME_SIZE_MAX_VALUE = 1000;
 
    BlockDeviceMapping(String deviceName, @Nullable String virtualName, @Nullable String snapshotId,
-            @Nullable Integer sizeInGib, @Nullable Boolean noDevice, @Nullable Boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+         @Nullable Integer sizeInGib, @Nullable Boolean noDevice, @Nullable Boolean deleteOnTermination) {
 
       checkNotNull(deviceName, "deviceName cannot be null");
       Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(deviceName, "the deviceName must be non-empty");
 
       if (sizeInGib != null) {
-         checkArgument((sizeInGib >= VOLUME_SIZE_MIN_VALUE && sizeInGib <= VOLUME_SIZE_MAX_VALUE), String.format(
+         checkArgument((sizeInGib >= VOLUME_SIZE_MIN_VALUE && sizeInGib <= VOLUME_SIZE_MAX_VALUE),
-                  "Size in Gib must be between %s and %s GB", VOLUME_SIZE_MIN_VALUE, VOLUME_SIZE_MAX_VALUE));
+               String.format("Size in Gib must be between %s and %s GB", VOLUME_SIZE_MIN_VALUE, VOLUME_SIZE_MAX_VALUE));
       }
       this.deviceName = deviceName;
       this.virtualName = virtualName;
@@ -142,13 +199,13 @@ public class BlockDeviceMapping {
    @Override
    public String toString() {
       return "[deviceName=" + deviceName + ", virtualName=" + virtualName + ", snapshotId=" + snapshotId
-               + ", sizeInGib=" + sizeInGib + ", noDevice=" + noDevice + ", deleteOnTermination=" + deleteOnTermination
+            + ", sizeInGib=" + sizeInGib + ", noDevice=" + noDevice + ", deleteOnTermination=" + deleteOnTermination
-               + "]";
+            + "]";
    }
 
    public static class MapEBSSnapshotToDevice extends BlockDeviceMapping {
       public MapEBSSnapshotToDevice(String deviceName, String snapshotId, @Nullable Integer sizeInGib,
-               @Nullable Boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+            @Nullable Boolean deleteOnTermination) {
          super(deviceName, null, snapshotId, sizeInGib, null, deleteOnTermination);
          checkNotNull(snapshotId, "snapshotId cannot be null");
          Preconditions2.checkNotEmpty(snapshotId, "the snapshotId must be non-empty");
@@ -175,4 +232,9 @@ public class BlockDeviceMapping {
          super(deviceName, null, null, null, true, null);
       }
    }
+
+   @Override
+   public int compareTo(BlockDeviceMapping arg0) {
+      return deviceName.compareTo(arg0.deviceName);
+   }
 }

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/domain/RunningInstance.java

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public class RunningInstance implements Comparable<RunningInstance> {
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
 
    public static class Builder {
       protected String region;
@@ -265,8 +268,8 @@ public class RunningInstance implements Comparable<RunningInstance> {
       this.ipAddress = ipAddress;
       this.kernelId = kernelId;
       this.keyName = keyName;
-      this.launchTime = checkNotNull(launchTime, "launchTime");
+      this.launchTime = launchTime;// nullable on spot.
-      this.availabilityZone = checkNotNull(availabilityZone, "availabilityZone");
+      this.availabilityZone = availabilityZone;// nullable on spot.
       this.virtualizationType = virtualizationType;
       this.platform = platform;
       this.privateDnsName = privateDnsName;// nullable on runinstances.

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/options/RunInstancesOptions.java

@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getKeyName() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("KeyName");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Attach multiple security groups
     */
@@ -88,10 +84,6 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return withSecurityGroups(securityGroup);
    }
 
-   String getSecurityGroup() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("SecurityGroup.1");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Unencoded data
     */
@@ -103,10 +95,6 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getUserData() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("UserData");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Specifies the instance type. default small;
     */
@@ -115,10 +103,6 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getType() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("InstanceType");
-   }
-
    /**
     * The ID of the kernel with which to launch the instance.
     */
@@ -127,10 +111,6 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getKernelId() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("KernelId");
-   }
-
    /**
     * The ID of the RAM disk with which to launch the instance. Some kernels require additional
     * drivers at l aunch. Check the kernel requirements for information on whether you need to
@@ -142,15 +122,10 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getRamdiskId() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("RamdiskId");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Specifies the Block Device Mapping for the instance
     * 
     */
-
    public RunInstancesOptions withBlockDeviceMappings(Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> mappings) {
       int i = 1;
       for (BlockDeviceMapping mapping : checkNotNull(mappings, "mappings")) {
@@ -161,15 +136,14 @@ public class RunInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
          if (mapping.getEbsSnapshotId() != null)
             formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.SnapshotId", i), mapping.getEbsSnapshotId());
          if (mapping.getEbsVolumeSize() != null)
-            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.VolumeSize", i), String.valueOf(mapping
+            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.VolumeSize", i),
-                     .getEbsVolumeSize()));
+                  String.valueOf(mapping.getEbsVolumeSize()));
          if (mapping.getEbsNoDevice() != null)
-            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.NoDevice", i), String.valueOf(mapping
+            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.NoDevice", i),
-                     .getEbsNoDevice()));
+                  String.valueOf(mapping.getEbsNoDevice()));
          if (mapping.getEbsDeleteOnTermination() != null)
-            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination", i), String
+            formParameters.put(String.format("BlockDeviceMapping.%d.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination", i),
-                     .valueOf(mapping.getEbsDeleteOnTermination()));
+                  String.valueOf(mapping.getEbsDeleteOnTermination()));
-
          i++;
       }
       return this;

apis/ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ec2/options/internal/BaseEC2RequestOptions.java

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.jclouds.http.options.BaseHttpRequestOptions;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public class BaseEC2RequestOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
    }
 
    protected Set<String> getFormValuesWithKeysPrefixedBy(final String prefix) {
-      Set<String> values = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+      Builder<String> values = ImmutableSet.<String> builder();
       for (String key : Iterables.filter(formParameters.keySet(), new Predicate<String>() {
 
          public boolean apply(String input) {
@@ -59,10 +60,9 @@ public class BaseEC2RequestOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
          }
 
       })) {
-         values.add(formParameters.get(key).iterator().next());
+         values.add(Iterables.get(formParameters.get(key), 0));
-
       }
-      return values;
+      return values.build();
    }
 
 }

apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/strategy/EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSetTest.java

@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LocationBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.domain.LocationScope;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.RegionAndName;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.functions.RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.options.EC2TemplateOptions;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.predicates.InstancePresent;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.Reservation;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.options.RunInstancesOptions;
@@ -51,7 +53,6 @@ import org.jclouds.ec2.services.InstanceClient;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ import com.google.inject.util.Providers;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 @Test(groups = "unit")
-public class EC2RunNodesAndAddToSetStrategyTest {
+public class EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSetTest {
 
    @Test
    public void testZoneAsALocation() {
@@ -126,10 +127,10 @@ public class EC2RunNodesAndAddToSetStrategyTest {
       // simulate a lazy credentials fetch
       Credentials creds = new Credentials("foo", "bar");
       expect(strategy.instanceToCredentials.apply(instance)).andReturn(creds);
-      expect(instance.getRegion()).andReturn(region);
+      expect(instance.getRegion()).andReturn(region).atLeastOnce();
       expect(strategy.credentialStore.put("node#" + region + "/" + instanceCreatedId, creds)).andReturn(null);
 
-      expect(strategy.instancePresent.apply(instance)).andReturn(true);
+      expect(strategy.instancePresent.apply(new RegionAndName(region, instanceCreatedId))).andReturn(true);
       expect(input.template.getOptions()).andReturn(input.options).atLeastOnce();
 
       expect(strategy.runningInstanceToNodeMetadata.apply(instance)).andReturn(nodeMetadata);
@@ -220,13 +221,13 @@ public class EC2RunNodesAndAddToSetStrategyTest {
    private EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet setupStrategy(TemplateBuilder template) {
       EC2Client client = createMock(EC2Client.class);
       CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize = createMock(CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions.class);
-      Predicate<RunningInstance> instanceStateRunning = createMock(Predicate.class);
+      InstancePresent instancePresent = createMock(InstancePresent.class);
       RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata runningInstanceToNodeMetadata = createMock(RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata.class);
       Function<RunningInstance, Credentials> instanceToCredentials = createMock(Function.class);
       Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore = createMock(Map.class);
       ComputeUtils utils = createMock(ComputeUtils.class);
       return new EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet(client, Providers.<TemplateBuilder> of(template),
-            createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize, instanceStateRunning,
+            createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize, instancePresent,
             runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, instanceToCredentials, credentialStore, utils);
    }
 

compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/predicates/NodePresentAndInIntendedState.java

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public class NodePresentAndInIntendedState implements Predicate<NodeMetadata> {
    }
 
    private NodeMetadata refresh(NodeMetadata node) {
+      if (node == null || node.getId() == null)
+         return null;
       return client.getNodeMetadata(node.getId());
    }
 }

compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/strategy/CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.jclouds.compute.strategy;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.getRootCause;
+import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.findReachableSocketOnNode;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.callables.RunScriptOnNode;
 import org.jclouds.compute.config.CustomizationResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeState;
 import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
 import org.jclouds.compute.predicates.RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen;
 import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
@@ -125,15 +127,24 @@ public class CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap implements Cal
    public Void call() {
       checkState(!tainted, "this object is not designed to be reused: %s", toString());
       tainted = true;
+      String originalId = node.getId();
+      NodeMetadata originalNode = node;
       try {
          if (options.shouldBlockUntilRunning()) {
             if (nodeRunning.apply(node)) {
-               node = getNode.getNode(node.getId());
+               node = getNode.getNode(originalId);
             } else {
-               throw new IllegalStateException(String.format(
+               NodeMetadata nodeForState = getNode.getNode(originalId);
-                        "node didn't achieve the state running on node %s within %d seconds, final state: %s", node
+               NodeState state = nodeForState == null ? NodeState.TERMINATED : nodeForState.getState();
-                                 .getId(), timeouts.nodeRunning / 1000, node.getState()));
+               if (state == NodeState.TERMINATED)
+                  throw new IllegalStateException(format("node(%s) terminated before we could customize", originalId));
+               else
+                  throw new IllegalStateException(format(
+                           "node(%s) didn't achieve the state running within %d seconds, final state: %s", originalId,
+                           timeouts.nodeRunning / 1000, state));
             }
+            if (node == null)
+               throw new IllegalStateException(format("node %s terminated before applying options", originalId));
             if (statement != null) {
                RunScriptOnNode runner = initScriptRunnerFactory.create(node, statement, options, badNodes).call();
                if (runner != null) {
@@ -145,11 +156,11 @@ public class CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap implements Cal
                findReachableSocketOnNode(socketTester.seconds(options.getSeconds()), node, options.getPort());
             }
          }
-         logger.debug("<< options applied node(%s)", node.getId());
+         logger.debug("<< options applied node(%s)", originalId);
          goodNodes.add(node);
       } catch (Exception e) {
-         logger.error(e, "<< problem applying options to node(%s): ", node.getId(), getRootCause(e).getMessage());
+         logger.error(e, "<< problem applying options to node(%s): ", originalId, getRootCause(e).getMessage());
-         badNodes.put(node, e);
+         badNodes.put(node == null ? originalNode : node, e);
       }
       return null;
    }

compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/domain/internal/TemplateBuilderImplTest.java

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class TemplateBuilderImplTest {
       TemplateBuilder defaultTemplate = createMock(TemplateBuilder.class);
 
       expect(templateBuilderProvider.get()).andReturn(defaultTemplate);
-      expect(defaultTemplate.options(options)).andReturn(defaultTemplate);
+      expect(defaultTemplate.options(from)).andReturn(defaultTemplate);
       expect(defaultTemplate.build()).andReturn(null);
       expect(optionsProvider.get()).andReturn(from).atLeastOnce();
 

compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/strategy/CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMapTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.strategy;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.verify;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.config.CustomizationResponse;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadataBuilder;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeState;
+import org.jclouds.compute.functions.TemplateOptionsToStatement;
+import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
+import org.jclouds.compute.predicates.RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen;
+import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants.Timeouts;
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statement;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.LinkedHashMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit")
+public class CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMapTest {
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+   public void testBreakWhenNodeStillPending() {
+      Predicate<NodeMetadata> nodeRunning = createMock(Predicate.class);
+      InitializeRunScriptOnNodeOrPlaceInBadMap.Factory initScriptRunnerFactory = createMock(InitializeRunScriptOnNodeOrPlaceInBadMap.Factory.class);
+      GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNode = createMock(GetNodeMetadataStrategy.class);
+      RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen socketTester = createMock(RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen.class);
+      Timeouts timeouts = new Timeouts();
+      Function<TemplateOptions, Statement> templateOptionsToStatement = new TemplateOptionsToStatement();
+      @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+      Statement statement = null;
+      TemplateOptions options = new TemplateOptions();
+      Set<NodeMetadata> goodNodes = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+      Map<NodeMetadata, Exception> badNodes = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
+      Multimap<NodeMetadata, CustomizationResponse> customizationResponses = LinkedHashMultimap.create();
+
+      NodeMetadata node = new NodeMetadataBuilder().ids("id").state(NodeState.PENDING).build();
+
+      // node never reached running state
+      expect(nodeRunning.apply(node)).andReturn(false);
+      expect(getNode.getNode(node.getId())).andReturn(node);
+
+      // replay mocks
+      replay(nodeRunning);
+      replay(initScriptRunnerFactory);
+      replay(getNode);
+      replay(socketTester);
+
+      // run
+      new CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap(nodeRunning, getNode, socketTester, timeouts,
+               templateOptionsToStatement, initScriptRunnerFactory, options, node, goodNodes, badNodes,
+               customizationResponses).apply(node);
+
+      assertEquals(goodNodes.size(), 0);
+      assertEquals(badNodes.keySet(), ImmutableSet.of(node));
+      assertEquals(badNodes.get(node).getMessage(),
+               "node(id) didn't achieve the state running within 1200 seconds, final state: PENDING");
+      assertEquals(customizationResponses.size(), 0);
+
+      // verify mocks
+      verify(nodeRunning);
+      verify(initScriptRunnerFactory);
+      verify(getNode);
+      verify(socketTester);
+   }
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+   public void testBreakGraceFullyWhenNodeDied() {
+      Predicate<NodeMetadata> nodeRunning = createMock(Predicate.class);
+      InitializeRunScriptOnNodeOrPlaceInBadMap.Factory initScriptRunnerFactory = createMock(InitializeRunScriptOnNodeOrPlaceInBadMap.Factory.class);
+      GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNode = createMock(GetNodeMetadataStrategy.class);
+      RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen socketTester = createMock(RetryIfSocketNotYetOpen.class);
+      Timeouts timeouts = new Timeouts();
+      Function<TemplateOptions, Statement> templateOptionsToStatement = new TemplateOptionsToStatement();
+      @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+      Statement statement = null;
+      TemplateOptions options = new TemplateOptions();
+      Set<NodeMetadata> goodNodes = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+      Map<NodeMetadata, Exception> badNodes = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
+      Multimap<NodeMetadata, CustomizationResponse> customizationResponses = LinkedHashMultimap.create();
+
+      NodeMetadata node = new NodeMetadataBuilder().ids("id").state(NodeState.PENDING).build();
+
+      // node never reached running state
+      expect(nodeRunning.apply(node)).andReturn(false);
+      expect(getNode.getNode(node.getId())).andReturn(null);
+
+      // replay mocks
+      replay(nodeRunning);
+      replay(initScriptRunnerFactory);
+      replay(getNode);
+      replay(socketTester);
+
+      // run
+      new CustomizeNodeAndAddToGoodMapOrPutExceptionIntoBadMap(nodeRunning, getNode, socketTester, timeouts,
+               templateOptionsToStatement, initScriptRunnerFactory, options, node, goodNodes, badNodes,
+               customizationResponses).apply(node);
+
+      assertEquals(goodNodes.size(), 0);
+      assertEquals(badNodes.keySet(), ImmutableSet.of(node));
+      assertEquals(badNodes.get(node).getMessage(), "node(id) terminated before we could customize");
+      assertEquals(customizationResponses.size(), 0);
+
+      // verify mocks
+      verify(nodeRunning);
+      verify(initScriptRunnerFactory);
+      verify(getNode);
+      verify(socketTester);
+   }
+}

core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/predicates/RetryablePredicate.java

@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.predicates;
 
+import static org.jclouds.util.Throwables2.getFirstThrowableOfType;
+
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import javax.annotation.Resource;
 
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
-import org.jclouds.util.Throwables2;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 
@@ -75,10 +77,16 @@ public class RetryablePredicate<T> implements Predicate<T> {
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
          logger.warn(e, "predicate %s on %s interrupted, returning false", input, predicate);
       } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-         ExecutionException exec = Throwables2.getFirstThrowableOfType(e, ExecutionException.class);
+         if (getFirstThrowableOfType(e, ExecutionException.class) != null) {
-         if (exec != null)
+            logger.warn(e, "predicate %s on %s errored [%s], returning false", input, predicate, e.getMessage());
-            logger.warn(exec, "predicate %s on %s error, returning false", input, predicate);
+            return false;
-         else
+         } else if (getFirstThrowableOfType(e, IllegalStateException.class) != null) {
+            logger.warn(e, "predicate %s on %s illegal state [%s], returning false", input, predicate, e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+         } else if (getFirstThrowableOfType(e, TimeoutException.class) != null) {
+            logger.warn(e, "predicate %s on %s timed out [%s], returning false", input, predicate, e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+         } else
             throw e;
       }
       return false;

core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/predicates/RetryablePredicateTest.java

@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
 package org.jclouds.predicates;
 
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -36,6 +39,56 @@ import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 public class RetryablePredicateTest {
    public static int SLOW_BUILD_SERVER_GRACE = 50;
 
+   @Test
+   void testFalseOnIllegalStateExeception() {
+      ensureImmediateReturnFor(new IllegalStateException());
+   }
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+   @Test
+   void testFalseOnExecutionException() {
+      ensureImmediateReturnFor(new ExecutionException() {
+      });
+   }
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+   @Test
+   void testFalseOnTimeoutException() {
+      ensureImmediateReturnFor(new TimeoutException() {
+      });
+   }
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = RuntimeException.class)
+   void testPropagateOnException() {
+      ensureImmediateReturnFor(new Exception() {
+      });
+   }
+
+   private void ensureImmediateReturnFor(final Exception ex) {
+      RetryablePredicate<Supplier<String>> predicate = new RetryablePredicate<Supplier<String>>(
+               new Predicate<Supplier<String>>() {
+
+                  @Override
+                  public boolean apply(Supplier<String> input) {
+                     return "goo".equals(input.get());
+                  }
+
+               }, 3, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+      Date startPlusThird = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000);
+      assert !predicate.apply(new Supplier<String>() {
+
+         @Override
+         public String get() {
+            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+         }
+
+      });
+      Date now = new Date();
+      assert now.compareTo(startPlusThird) < 0 : String.format("%s should be less than %s", now.getTime(),
+               startPlusThird.getTime());
+   }
+
    @Test
    void testAlwaysTrue() {
       RetryablePredicate<String> predicate = new RetryablePredicate<String>(Predicates.<String> alwaysTrue(), 3, 1,

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2AsyncClient.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.AWSInstanceAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.AWSKeyPairAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.MonitoringAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.PlacementGroupAsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.SpotInstanceAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Delegate;
 
@@ -67,4 +68,10 @@ public interface AWSEC2AsyncClient extends EC2AsyncClient {
    @Delegate
    @Override
    AWSKeyPairAsyncClient getKeyPairServices();
+
+   /**
+    * Provides asynchronous access to SpotInstance services.
+    */
+   @Delegate
+   SpotInstanceAsyncClient getSpotInstanceServices();
 }

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2Client.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.AWSInstanceClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.AWSKeyPairClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.MonitoringClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.PlacementGroupClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.SpotInstanceClient;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Delegate;
@@ -70,4 +71,10 @@ public interface AWSEC2Client extends EC2Client {
    @Delegate
    @Override
    AWSKeyPairClient getKeyPairServices();
+   
+   /**
+    * Provides synchronous access to SpotInstance services.
+    */
+   @Delegate
+   SpotInstanceClient getSpotInstanceServices();
 }

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/binders/BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package org.jclouds.aws.ec2.binders;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.AWSRunInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.utils.ModifyRequest;
+import org.jclouds.rest.Binder;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap.Builder;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimaps;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams implements Binder, Function<LaunchSpecification, Map<String, String>> {
+
+   @Override
+   public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
+      checkArgument(input instanceof LaunchSpecification, "this binder is only valid for LaunchSpecifications!");
+      LaunchSpecification launchSpec = LaunchSpecification.class.cast(input);
+      return ModifyRequest.putFormParams(request, Multimaps.forMap(apply(launchSpec)));
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public Map<String, String> apply(LaunchSpecification launchSpec) {
+      Builder<String, String> builder = ImmutableMap.<String, String> builder();
+      builder.put("LaunchSpecification.ImageId", checkNotNull(launchSpec.getImageId(), "imageId"));
+      if (launchSpec.getAvailabilityZone() != null)
+         builder.put("LaunchSpecification.Placement.AvailabilityZone", launchSpec.getAvailabilityZone());
+
+      AWSRunInstancesOptions options = new AWSRunInstancesOptions();
+      if (launchSpec.getBlockDeviceMappings().size() > 0)
+         options.withBlockDeviceMappings(launchSpec.getBlockDeviceMappings());
+      if (launchSpec.getGroupIds().size() > 0)
+         options.withSecurityGroups(launchSpec.getGroupIds());
+      options.asType(checkNotNull(launchSpec.getInstanceType(), "instanceType"));
+      if (launchSpec.getKernelId() != null)
+         options.withKernelId(launchSpec.getKernelId());
+      if (launchSpec.getKeyName() != null)
+         options.withKeyName(launchSpec.getKeyName());
+      if (launchSpec.getRamdiskId() != null)
+         options.withRamdisk(launchSpec.getRamdiskId());
+      if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(launchSpec.isMonitoringEnabled()))
+         options.enableMonitoring();
+      if (launchSpec.getUserData() != null)
+         options.withUserData(launchSpec.getUserData());
+
+      for (Entry<String, String> entry : options.buildFormParameters().entries()) {
+         builder.put("LaunchSpecification." + entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      }
+      return builder.build();
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/binders/BindSpotInstanceRequestIdsToIndexedFormParams.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.binders;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.util.AWSUtils;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.rest.Binder;
+
+/**
+ * Binds the String [] to form parameters named with SpotInstanceRequestId.index
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class BindSpotInstanceRequestIdsToIndexedFormParams implements Binder {
+   @Override
+   public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
+      return AWSUtils.indexStringArrayToFormValuesWithPrefix(request, "SpotInstanceRequestId", input);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateOptions.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions;
 import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.options.EC2TemplateOptions;
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
             eTo.noPlacementGroup();
          if (getPlacementGroup() != null)
             eTo.placementGroup(getPlacementGroup());
+         if (getSpotPrice() != null)
+            eTo.spotPrice(getSpotPrice());
+         if (getSpotOptions() != null)
+            eTo.spotOptions(getSpotOptions());
       }
    }
 
@@ -80,6 +85,8 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
    private String placementGroup = null;
    private boolean noPlacementGroup;
    private String subnetId;
+   private Float spotPrice;
+   private RequestSpotInstancesOptions spotOptions = RequestSpotInstancesOptions.NONE;
 
    public static final AWSEC2TemplateOptions NONE = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
 
@@ -123,6 +130,22 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
       return this;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * Specifies the maximum spot price to use
+    */
+   public AWSEC2TemplateOptions spotPrice(Float spotPrice) {
+      this.spotPrice = spotPrice;
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Options for starting spot instances
+    */
+   public AWSEC2TemplateOptions spotOptions(RequestSpotInstancesOptions spotOptions) {
+      this.spotOptions = spotOptions != null ? spotOptions : RequestSpotInstancesOptions.NONE;
+      return this;
+   }
+
    public static class Builder {
       /**
        * @see EC2TemplateOptions#blockDeviceMappings
@@ -136,7 +159,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
        * @see EC2TemplateOptions#mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName
        */
       public static AWSEC2TemplateOptions mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName(String deviceName, String snapshotId,
-            @Nullable Integer sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+               @Nullable Integer sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
          AWSEC2TemplateOptions options = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
          return options.mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName(deviceName, snapshotId, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination);
       }
@@ -145,7 +168,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
        * @see EC2TemplateOptions#mapNewVolumeToDeviceName
        */
       public static AWSEC2TemplateOptions mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(String deviceName, int sizeInGib,
-            boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+               boolean deleteOnTermination) {
          AWSEC2TemplateOptions options = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
          return options.mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination);
       }
@@ -280,12 +303,28 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
       }
 
       /**
-       * @see TemplateOptions#withSubnetId
+       * @see TemplateOptions#spotPrice
        */
       public static AWSEC2TemplateOptions subnetId(String subnetId) {
          AWSEC2TemplateOptions options = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
          return options.subnetId(subnetId);
       }
+
+      /**
+       * @see TemplateOptions#spotPrice
+       */
+      public static AWSEC2TemplateOptions spotPrice(Float spotPrice) {
+         AWSEC2TemplateOptions options = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
+         return options.spotPrice(spotPrice);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see TemplateOptions#spotOptions
+       */
+      public static AWSEC2TemplateOptions spotOptions(RequestSpotInstancesOptions spotOptions) {
+         AWSEC2TemplateOptions options = new AWSEC2TemplateOptions();
+         return options.spotOptions(spotOptions);
+      }
    }
 
    // methods that only facilitate returning the correct object type
@@ -294,7 +333,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
-   public AWSEC2TemplateOptions blockDeviceMappings(Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings) {
+   public AWSEC2TemplateOptions blockDeviceMappings(Iterable<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings) {
       return AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(super.blockDeviceMappings(blockDeviceMappings));
    }
 
@@ -312,9 +351,9 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
 
    @Override
    public AWSEC2TemplateOptions mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName(String deviceName, String snapshotId, Integer sizeInGib,
-         boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+            boolean deleteOnTermination) {
       return AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(super.mapEBSSnapshotToDeviceName(deviceName, snapshotId, sizeInGib,
-            deleteOnTermination));
+               deleteOnTermination));
    }
 
    /**
@@ -331,7 +370,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
    @Override
    public AWSEC2TemplateOptions mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(String deviceName, int sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
       return AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(super
-            .mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
+               .mapNewVolumeToDeviceName(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
    }
 
    /**
@@ -525,6 +564,20 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
       return subnetId;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * @return maximum spot price or null.
+    */
+   public Float getSpotPrice() {
+      return spotPrice;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * @return options for controlling spot instance requests.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions getSpotOptions() {
+      return spotOptions;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
       final int prime = 31;
@@ -532,6 +585,8 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
       result = prime * result + (monitoringEnabled ? 1231 : 1237);
       result = prime * result + (noPlacementGroup ? 1231 : 1237);
       result = prime * result + ((placementGroup == null) ? 0 : placementGroup.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((spotOptions == null) ? 0 : spotOptions.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((spotPrice == null) ? 0 : spotPrice.hashCode());
       result = prime * result + ((subnetId == null) ? 0 : subnetId.hashCode());
       return result;
    }
@@ -554,6 +609,16 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
             return false;
       } else if (!placementGroup.equals(other.placementGroup))
          return false;
+      if (spotOptions == null) {
+         if (other.spotOptions != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!spotOptions.equals(other.spotOptions))
+         return false;
+      if (spotPrice == null) {
+         if (other.spotPrice != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!spotPrice.equals(other.spotPrice))
+         return false;
       if (subnetId == null) {
          if (other.subnetId != null)
             return false;
@@ -566,9 +631,10 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateOptions extends EC2TemplateOptions implements Cloneab
    public String toString() {
 
       return "[groupIds=" + getGroupIds() + ", keyPair=" + getKeyPair() + ", noKeyPair="
-            + !shouldAutomaticallyCreateKeyPair() + ", monitoringEnabled=" + monitoringEnabled + ", placementGroup="
+               + !shouldAutomaticallyCreateKeyPair() + ", monitoringEnabled=" + monitoringEnabled + ", placementGroup="
-            + placementGroup + ", noPlacementGroup=" + noPlacementGroup + ", subnetId=" + subnetId + ", userData="
+               + placementGroup + ", noPlacementGroup=" + noPlacementGroup + ", subnetId=" + subnetId + ", userData="
-            + Arrays.toString(getUserData()) + ", blockDeviceMappings=" + getBlockDeviceMappings() + "]";
+               + Arrays.toString(getUserData()) + ", blockDeviceMappings=" + getBlockDeviceMappings() + ", spotPrice="
+               + spotPrice + ", spotOptions=" + spotOptions + "]";
    }
 
 }

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/config/AWSEC2ComputeServiceContextModule.java

@@ -22,14 +22,26 @@ package org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.config;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX;
 
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.AWSEC2TemplateBuilderImpl;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.functions.AWSRunningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.predicates.AWSEC2InstancePresent;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.AWSEC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.AWSEC2DestroyNodeStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.AWSEC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.AWSEC2ListNodesStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.AWSEC2ReviseParsedImage;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy.CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.suppliers.AWSEC2HardwareSupplier;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.suppliers.AWSRegionAndNameToImageSupplier;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.config.EC2ComputeServiceContextModule;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.functions.RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.internal.EC2TemplateBuilderImpl;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.predicates.InstancePresent;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.CreateKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2DestroyNodeStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2ListNodesStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.ReviseParsedImage;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.suppliers.EC2HardwareSupplier;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.suppliers.RegionAndNameToImageSupplier;
@@ -56,6 +68,12 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceContextModule extends EC2ComputeServiceContextM
       bind(EC2HardwareSupplier.class).to(AWSEC2HardwareSupplier.class);
       bind(RegionAndNameToImageSupplier.class).to(AWSRegionAndNameToImageSupplier.class);
       bind(EC2TemplateBuilderImpl.class).to(AWSEC2TemplateBuilderImpl.class);
+      bind(EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy.class).to(AWSEC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy.class);
+      bind(EC2ListNodesStrategy.class).to(AWSEC2ListNodesStrategy.class);
+      bind(EC2DestroyNodeStrategy.class).to(AWSEC2DestroyNodeStrategy.class);
+      bind(InstancePresent.class).to(AWSEC2InstancePresent.class);
+      bind(EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet.class).to(AWSEC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet.class);
+      bind(RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata.class).to(AWSRunningInstanceToNodeMetadata.class);
    }
 
    @Override

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/functions/AWSRunningInstanceToNodeMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.compute.functions;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Hardware;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadataBuilder;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeState;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.RegionAndName;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.functions.RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSRunningInstanceToNodeMetadata extends RunningInstanceToNodeMetadata {
+
+   @Inject
+   protected AWSRunningInstanceToNodeMetadata(Map<InstanceState, NodeState> instanceToNodeState,
+            Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore, Map<RegionAndName, Image> instanceToImage,
+            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Hardware>> hardware) {
+      super(instanceToNodeState, credentialStore, instanceToImage, locations, hardware);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void addCredentialsForInstance(NodeMetadataBuilder builder, RunningInstance instance) {
+      Credentials creds = credentialStore.get("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + instance.getId());
+      String spotRequestId = AWSRunningInstance.class.cast(instance).getSpotInstanceRequestId();
+      if (creds == null && spotRequestId != null) {
+         creds = credentialStore.get("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + spotRequestId);
+         if (creds != null)
+            credentialStore.put("node#" + instance.getRegion() + "/" + instance.getId(), creds);
+      }
+      if (creds != null)
+         builder.credentials(creds);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/predicates/AWSEC2InstancePresent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.compute.predicates;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.domain.RegionAndName;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.predicates.InstancePresent;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSEC2InstancePresent extends InstancePresent {
+
+   private final AWSEC2Client client;
+
+   @Inject
+   public AWSEC2InstancePresent(AWSEC2Client client) {
+      super(client);
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void refresh(RegionAndName instance) {
+      if (instance.getName().indexOf("sir-") != 0)
+         super.refresh(instance);
+      else
+         Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+                  instance.getRegion(), instance.getName()));
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/AWSEC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet.java

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.compute.strategy;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.AWSEC2TemplateOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.predicates.AWSEC2InstancePresent;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.functions.SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.AWSRunInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
+import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
+import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
+import org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeUtils;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.options.RunInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSEC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet extends EC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet {
+
+   @Resource
+   @Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+   @VisibleForTesting
+   final AWSEC2Client client;
+   final SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter;
+
+   @Inject
+   protected AWSEC2CreateNodesInGroupThenAddToSet(
+            AWSEC2Client client,
+            Provider<TemplateBuilder> templateBuilderProvider,
+            CreateKeyPairPlacementAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturnRunOptions createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize,
+            AWSEC2InstancePresent instancePresent,
+            Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
+            Function<RunningInstance, Credentials> instanceToCredentials, Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore,
+            ComputeUtils utils, SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter) {
+
+      super(client, templateBuilderProvider, createKeyPairAndSecurityGroupsAsNeededAndReturncustomize, instancePresent,
+               runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, instanceToCredentials, credentialStore, utils);
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
+      this.spotConverter = checkNotNull(spotConverter, "spotConverter");
+   }
+
+   protected Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> createNodesInRegionAndZone(String region, String zone, int count,
+            Template template, RunInstancesOptions instanceOptions) {
+      Float spotPrice = getSpotPriceOrNull(template.getOptions());
+      if (spotPrice != null) {
+         LaunchSpecification spec = AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(instanceOptions).getLaunchSpecificationBuilder()
+                  .imageId(template.getImage().getProviderId()).availabilityZone(zone).build();
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(template.getOptions()).getSpotOptions();
+         if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+            logger.debug(">> requesting %d spot instances region(%s) price(%f) spec(%s) options(%s)", count, region,
+                     spotPrice, spec, options);
+
+         return Iterables.transform(client.getSpotInstanceServices().requestSpotInstancesInRegion(region, spotPrice,
+                  count, spec, options), spotConverter);
+      } else {
+         return super.createNodesInRegionAndZone(zone, zone, count, template, instanceOptions);
+      }
+
+   }
+
+   private Float getSpotPriceOrNull(TemplateOptions options) {
+      return options instanceof AWSEC2TemplateOptions ? AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(options).getSpotPrice() : null;
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/AWSEC2DestroyNodeStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.strategy;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2DestroyNodeStrategy;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSEC2DestroyNodeStrategy extends EC2DestroyNodeStrategy {
+
+   protected final AWSEC2Client client;
+   protected final Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore;
+
+   @Inject
+   protected AWSEC2DestroyNodeStrategy(AWSEC2Client client, GetNodeMetadataStrategy getNode,
+            Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore) {
+      super(client, getNode);
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
+      this.credentialStore = checkNotNull(credentialStore, "credentialStore");
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void destroyInstanceInRegion(String region, String id) {
+      String spotId = id;
+      if (id.indexOf("sir-") != 0) {
+         try {
+            spotId = getOnlyElement(
+                     Iterables.concat(client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion(region, id)))
+                     .getSpotInstanceRequestId();
+            credentialStore.remove("node#" + region + "/" + spotId);
+         } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+         }
+         super.destroyInstanceInRegion(region, id);
+      } else {
+         client.getSpotInstanceServices().cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(region, spotId);
+         credentialStore.remove("node#" + region + "/" + id);
+      }
+
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/AWSEC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.compute.strategy;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.functions.SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSEC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy extends EC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy {
+
+   private final AWSEC2Client client;
+   private final SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter;
+
+   @Inject
+   protected AWSEC2GetNodeMetadataStrategy(AWSEC2Client client,
+            Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
+            SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter) {
+      super(client, runningInstanceToNodeMetadata);
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
+      this.spotConverter = checkNotNull(spotConverter, "spotConverter");
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public RunningInstance getRunningInstanceInRegion(String region, String id) {
+      if (id.indexOf("sir-") != 0)
+         return super.getRunningInstanceInRegion(region, id);
+      SpotInstanceRequest spot = getOnlyElement(client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+               region, id));
+      if (spot.getState() == SpotInstanceRequest.State.ACTIVE)
+         return super.getRunningInstanceInRegion(region, spot.getInstanceId());
+      else
+         return spotConverter.apply(spot);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/strategy/AWSEC2ListNodesStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.compute.strategy;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.notNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.concat;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.filter;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.transform;
+import static org.jclouds.concurrent.FutureIterables.transformParallel;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.Constants;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.functions.SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.EC2ListNodesStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class AWSEC2ListNodesStrategy extends EC2ListNodesStrategy {
+
+   protected final AWSEC2AsyncClient client;
+   protected final SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter;
+
+   @Inject
+   protected AWSEC2ListNodesStrategy(AWSEC2AsyncClient client, @Region Set<String> regions,
+            Function<RunningInstance, NodeMetadata> runningInstanceToNodeMetadata,
+            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService executor,
+            SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance spotConverter) {
+      super(client, regions, runningInstanceToNodeMetadata, executor);
+      this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
+      this.spotConverter = checkNotNull(spotConverter, "spotConverter");
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected Iterable<? extends RunningInstance> pollRunningInstances() {
+      Iterable<? extends AWSRunningInstance> spots = filter(transform(concat(transformParallel(regions,
+               new Function<String, Future<Set<SpotInstanceRequest>>>() {
+
+                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                  @Override
+                  public Future<Set<SpotInstanceRequest>> apply(String from) {
+                     return (Future<Set<SpotInstanceRequest>>) client.getSpotInstanceServices()
+                              .describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(from);
+                  }
+
+               }, executor, null, logger, "reservations")), spotConverter), notNull());
+
+      return concat(super.pollRunningInstances(), spots);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/config/AWSEC2RestClientModule.java

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.MonitoringAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.MonitoringClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.PlacementGroupAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.PlacementGroupClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.SpotInstanceAsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.services.SpotInstanceClient;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.config.EC2RestClientModule;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ public class AWSEC2RestClientModule extends EC2RestClientModule<AWSEC2Client, AW
             .put(WindowsClient.class, WindowsAsyncClient.class)//
             .put(AvailabilityZoneAndRegionClient.class, AvailabilityZoneAndRegionAsyncClient.class)//
             .put(ElasticBlockStoreClient.class, ElasticBlockStoreAsyncClient.class)//
+            .put(SpotInstanceClient.class, SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class)//
             .build();
 
    public AWSEC2RestClientModule() {

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/AWSRunningInstance.java

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public class AWSRunningInstance extends RunningInstance {
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
 
    public static class Builder extends org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance.Builder {
       private MonitoringState monitoringState;

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/LaunchSpecification.java

@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping.MapEBSSnapshotToDevice;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping.MapEphemeralDeviceToDevice;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping.MapNewVolumeToDevice;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-RequestSpotInstances.html"
+ *      />
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class LaunchSpecification {
+
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      protected ImmutableSet.Builder<String> groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> builder();
+      protected String imageId;
+      protected String instanceType;
+      protected String kernelId;
+      protected String keyName;
+      protected String availabilityZone;
+      protected String ramdiskId;
+      protected Boolean monitoringEnabled;
+      protected ImmutableSet.Builder<BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSet
+            .<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
+      protected byte[] userData;
+
+      public void clear() {
+         groupIds = ImmutableSet.<String> builder();
+         imageId = null;
+         instanceType = null;
+         kernelId = null;
+         keyName = null;
+         availabilityZone = null;
+         ramdiskId = null;
+         monitoringEnabled = false;
+         blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSet.<BlockDeviceMapping> builder();
+         userData = null;
+      }
+
+      public Builder groupIds(Iterable<String> groupIds) {
+         this.groupIds.addAll(checkNotNull(groupIds, "groupIds"));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder groupId(String groupId) {
+         if (groupId != null)
+            this.groupIds.add(groupId);
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder imageId(String imageId) {
+         this.imageId = imageId;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder monitoringEnabled(Boolean monitoringEnabled) {
+         this.monitoringEnabled = monitoringEnabled;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder instanceType(String instanceType) {
+         this.instanceType = instanceType;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder kernelId(String kernelId) {
+         this.kernelId = kernelId;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder keyName(String keyName) {
+         this.keyName = keyName;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder availabilityZone(String availabilityZone) {
+         this.availabilityZone = availabilityZone;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder ramdiskId(String ramdiskId) {
+         this.ramdiskId = ramdiskId;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder mapEBSSnapshotToDevice(String deviceName, String snapshotId, @Nullable Integer sizeInGib,
+            boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+         blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapEBSSnapshotToDevice(deviceName, snapshotId, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder mapNewVolumeToDevice(String deviceName, int sizeInGib, boolean deleteOnTermination) {
+         blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapNewVolumeToDevice(deviceName, sizeInGib, deleteOnTermination));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder mapEphemeralDeviceToDevice(String deviceName, String virtualName) {
+         blockDeviceMappings.add(new MapEphemeralDeviceToDevice(deviceName, virtualName));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder blockDeviceMapping(BlockDeviceMapping blockDeviceMapping) {
+         this.blockDeviceMappings.add(checkNotNull(blockDeviceMapping, "blockDeviceMapping"));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder blockDeviceMappings(Iterable<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings) {
+         this.blockDeviceMappings.addAll(checkNotNull(blockDeviceMappings, "blockDeviceMappings"));
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder userData(byte[] userData) {
+         this.userData = userData;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public LaunchSpecification build() {
+         return new LaunchSpecification(instanceType, imageId, kernelId, ramdiskId, availabilityZone, keyName,
+               groupIds.build(), blockDeviceMappings.build(), monitoringEnabled, userData);
+      }
+
+      public static Builder fromLaunchSpecification(LaunchSpecification in) {
+         return new Builder().instanceType(in.getInstanceType()).imageId(in.getImageId()).kernelId(in.getKernelId())
+               .ramdiskId(in.getRamdiskId()).availabilityZone(in.getAvailabilityZone()).keyName(in.getKeyName())
+               .groupIds(in.getGroupIds()).blockDeviceMappings(in.getBlockDeviceMappings())
+               .monitoringEnabled(in.isMonitoringEnabled()).userData(in.getUserData());
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected final String instanceType;
+   protected final String imageId;
+   protected final String kernelId;
+   protected final String ramdiskId;
+   protected final String availabilityZone;
+   protected final String keyName;
+   protected final Set<String> groupIds;
+   protected final Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings;
+   protected final Boolean monitoringEnabled;
+   protected final byte[] userData;
+
+   public LaunchSpecification(String instanceType, String imageId, String kernelId, String ramdiskId,
+         String availabilityZone, String keyName, Iterable<String> groupIds,
+         Iterable<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings, Boolean monitoringEnabled, byte[] userData) {
+      this.instanceType = checkNotNull(instanceType, "instanceType");
+      this.imageId = checkNotNull(imageId, "imageId");
+      this.kernelId = kernelId;
+      this.ramdiskId = ramdiskId;
+      this.availabilityZone = availabilityZone;
+      this.keyName = keyName;
+      this.groupIds = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(groupIds, "groupIds"));
+      this.blockDeviceMappings = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(blockDeviceMappings, "blockDeviceMappings"));
+      this.monitoringEnabled = monitoringEnabled;
+      this.userData = userData;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Image ID of the AMI used to launch the instance.
+    */
+   public String getImageId() {
+      return imageId;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * CloudWatch support
+    */
+   public Boolean isMonitoringEnabled() {
+      return monitoringEnabled;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * The instance type.
+    */
+   public String getInstanceType() {
+      return instanceType;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Optional. Kernel associated with this instance.
+    */
+   public String getKernelId() {
+      return kernelId;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * If this instance was launched with an associated key pair, this displays the key pair name.
+    */
+   public String getKeyName() {
+      return keyName;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * The location where the instance launched.
+    */
+   public String getAvailabilityZone() {
+      return availabilityZone;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Optional. RAM disk associated with this instance.
+    */
+   public String getRamdiskId() {
+      return ramdiskId;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * volumes mappings associated with the instance.
+    */
+   public Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> getBlockDeviceMappings() {
+      return blockDeviceMappings;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Names of the security groups.
+    */
+   public Set<String> getGroupIds() {
+      return groupIds;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * User Data
+    */
+   public byte[] getUserData() {
+      return userData;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      final int prime = 31;
+      int result = 1;
+      result = prime * result + ((availabilityZone == null) ? 0 : availabilityZone.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((blockDeviceMappings == null) ? 0 : blockDeviceMappings.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((groupIds == null) ? 0 : groupIds.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((imageId == null) ? 0 : imageId.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((instanceType == null) ? 0 : instanceType.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((kernelId == null) ? 0 : kernelId.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((keyName == null) ? 0 : keyName.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((monitoringEnabled == null) ? 0 : monitoringEnabled.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((ramdiskId == null) ? 0 : ramdiskId.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + Arrays.hashCode(userData);
+      return result;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (this == obj)
+         return true;
+      if (obj == null)
+         return false;
+      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+         return false;
+      LaunchSpecification other = (LaunchSpecification) obj;
+      if (availabilityZone == null) {
+         if (other.availabilityZone != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!availabilityZone.equals(other.availabilityZone))
+         return false;
+      if (blockDeviceMappings == null) {
+         if (other.blockDeviceMappings != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!blockDeviceMappings.equals(other.blockDeviceMappings))
+         return false;
+      if (groupIds == null) {
+         if (other.groupIds != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!groupIds.equals(other.groupIds))
+         return false;
+      if (imageId == null) {
+         if (other.imageId != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!imageId.equals(other.imageId))
+         return false;
+      if (instanceType == null) {
+         if (other.instanceType != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!instanceType.equals(other.instanceType))
+         return false;
+      if (kernelId == null) {
+         if (other.kernelId != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!kernelId.equals(other.kernelId))
+         return false;
+      if (keyName == null) {
+         if (other.keyName != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!keyName.equals(other.keyName))
+         return false;
+      if (monitoringEnabled == null) {
+         if (other.monitoringEnabled != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!monitoringEnabled.equals(other.monitoringEnabled))
+         return false;
+      if (ramdiskId == null) {
+         if (other.ramdiskId != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!ramdiskId.equals(other.ramdiskId))
+         return false;
+      if (!Arrays.equals(userData, other.userData))
+         return false;
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   public Builder toBuilder() {
+      return Builder.fromLaunchSpecification(this);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "[instanceType=" + instanceType + ", imageId=" + imageId + ", kernelId=" + kernelId + ", ramdiskId="
+            + ramdiskId + ", availabilityZone=" + availabilityZone + ", keyName=" + keyName + ", groupIds=" + groupIds
+            + ", blockDeviceMappings=" + blockDeviceMappings + ", monitoringEnabled=" + monitoringEnabled
+            + ", userData=" + (userData != null) + "]";
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/Spot.java

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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeSpotPriceHistory.html"
+ *      />
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class Spot implements Comparable<Spot> {
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      private String region;
+      private String instanceType;
+      private String productDescription;
+      private float spotPrice;
+      private Date timestamp;
+
+      public void clear() {
+         this.region = null;
+         this.instanceType = null;
+         this.productDescription = null;
+         this.spotPrice = 0.0f;
+         this.timestamp = null;
+      }
+
+      public Builder region(String region) {
+         this.region = region;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder instanceType(String instanceType) {
+         this.instanceType = instanceType;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder productDescription(String productDescription) {
+         this.productDescription = productDescription;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder spotPrice(float spotPrice) {
+         this.spotPrice = spotPrice;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder timestamp(Date timestamp) {
+         this.timestamp = timestamp;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Spot build() {
+         return new Spot(region, instanceType, productDescription, spotPrice, timestamp);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private final String region;
+   private final String instanceType;
+   private final String productDescription;
+   private final float spotPrice;
+   private final Date timestamp;
+
+   public Spot(String region, String instanceType, String productDescription, float spotPrice, Date timestamp) {
+      this.region = checkNotNull(region, "region");
+      this.instanceType = checkNotNull(instanceType, "instanceType");
+      this.productDescription = checkNotNull(productDescription, "productDescription");
+      this.spotPrice = spotPrice;
+      this.timestamp = checkNotNull(timestamp, "timestamp");
+   }
+
+   public String getRegion() {
+      return region;
+   }
+
+   public String getInstanceType() {
+      return instanceType;
+   }
+
+   public String getProductDescription() {
+      return productDescription;
+   }
+
+   public float getSpotPrice() {
+      return spotPrice;
+   }
+
+   public Date getTimestamp() {
+      return timestamp;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int compareTo(Spot o) {
+      return Float.compare(spotPrice, o.spotPrice);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      final int prime = 31;
+      int result = 1;
+      result = prime * result + ((instanceType == null) ? 0 : instanceType.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((productDescription == null) ? 0 : productDescription.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((region == null) ? 0 : region.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + Float.floatToIntBits(spotPrice);
+      result = prime * result + ((timestamp == null) ? 0 : timestamp.hashCode());
+      return result;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (this == obj)
+         return true;
+      if (obj == null)
+         return false;
+      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+         return false;
+      Spot other = (Spot) obj;
+      if (instanceType == null) {
+         if (other.instanceType != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!instanceType.equals(other.instanceType))
+         return false;
+      if (productDescription == null) {
+         if (other.productDescription != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!productDescription.equals(other.productDescription))
+         return false;
+      if (region == null) {
+         if (other.region != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!region.equals(other.region))
+         return false;
+      if (Float.floatToIntBits(spotPrice) != Float.floatToIntBits(other.spotPrice))
+         return false;
+      if (timestamp == null) {
+         if (other.timestamp != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!timestamp.equals(other.timestamp))
+         return false;
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "[region=" + region + ", instanceType=" + instanceType + ", productDescription=" + productDescription
+            + ", spotPrice=" + spotPrice + ", timestamp=" + timestamp + "]";
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/domain/SpotInstanceRequest.java

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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SpotInstanceRequest implements Comparable<SpotInstanceRequest> {
+   public static Builder builder() {
+      return new Builder();
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      private String region;
+      private String availabilityZoneGroup;
+      private Date createTime;
+      private String faultCode;
+      private String faultMessage;
+      private String instanceId;
+      private String launchGroup;
+      private LaunchSpecification launchSpecification;
+      private String productDescription;
+      private String id;
+      private float spotPrice;
+      private State state;
+      private Type type;
+      private Date validFrom;
+      private Date validUntil;
+
+      public Builder clear() {
+         this.region = null;
+         this.availabilityZoneGroup = null;
+         this.createTime = null;
+         this.faultCode = null;
+         this.faultMessage = null;
+         this.instanceId = null;
+         this.launchGroup = null;
+         this.launchSpecification = null;
+         this.productDescription = null;
+         this.id = null;
+         this.spotPrice = 0;
+         this.state = null;
+         this.type = null;
+         this.validFrom = null;
+         this.validUntil = null;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder region(String region) {
+         this.region = region;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder availabilityZoneGroup(String availabilityZoneGroup) {
+         this.availabilityZoneGroup = availabilityZoneGroup;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder createTime(Date createTime) {
+         this.createTime = createTime;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder faultCode(String faultCode) {
+         this.faultCode = faultCode;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder faultMessage(String faultMessage) {
+         this.faultMessage = faultMessage;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder instanceId(String instanceId) {
+         this.instanceId = instanceId;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder launchGroup(String launchGroup) {
+         this.launchGroup = launchGroup;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder launchSpecification(LaunchSpecification launchSpecification) {
+         this.launchSpecification = launchSpecification;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder productDescription(String productDescription) {
+         this.productDescription = productDescription;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder id(String id) {
+         this.id = id;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder spotPrice(float spotPrice) {
+         this.spotPrice = spotPrice;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder state(State state) {
+         this.state = state;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder type(Type type) {
+         this.type = type;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder validFrom(Date validFrom) {
+         this.validFrom = validFrom;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder validUntil(Date validUntil) {
+         this.validUntil = validUntil;
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      public SpotInstanceRequest build() {
+         return new SpotInstanceRequest(region, availabilityZoneGroup, createTime, faultCode, faultMessage, instanceId,
+               launchGroup, launchSpecification, productDescription, id, spotPrice, state, type, validFrom, validUntil);
+      }
+   }
+
+   public enum Type {
+      ONE_TIME, PERSISTENT, UNRECOGNIZED;
+
+      public String value() {
+         return (CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, name()));
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+         return value();
+      }
+
+      public static Type fromValue(String type) {
+         try {
+            return valueOf(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE, checkNotNull(type, "type")));
+         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return UNRECOGNIZED;
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   public enum State {
+      OPEN, ACTIVE, CANCELLED, CLOSED, UNRECOGNIZED;
+
+      public String value() {
+         return (CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN, name()));
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+         return value();
+      }
+
+      public static State fromValue(String state) {
+         try {
+            return valueOf(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE, checkNotNull(state, "type")));
+         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return UNRECOGNIZED;
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   private final String region;
+   private final String availabilityZoneGroup;
+   private final Date createTime;
+   private final String faultCode;
+   private final String faultMessage;
+   private final String instanceId;
+   private final String launchGroup;
+   private final LaunchSpecification launchSpecification;
+   private final String productDescription;
+   private final String id;
+   private final float spotPrice;
+   private final State state;
+   private final Type type;
+   private final Date validFrom;
+   private final Date validUntil;
+
+   public SpotInstanceRequest(String region, String availabilityZoneGroup, Date createTime, String faultCode,
+         String faultMessage, String instanceId, String launchGroup, LaunchSpecification launchSpecification,
+         String productDescription, String id, float spotPrice, State state, Type type, Date validFrom, Date validUntil) {
+      this.region = checkNotNull(region, "region");
+      this.availabilityZoneGroup = availabilityZoneGroup;
+      this.createTime = createTime;
+      this.faultCode = faultCode;
+      this.faultMessage = faultMessage;
+      this.instanceId = instanceId;
+      this.launchGroup = launchGroup;
+      this.launchSpecification = launchSpecification;
+      this.productDescription = productDescription;
+      this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
+      this.spotPrice = spotPrice;
+      this.state = checkNotNull(state, "state");
+      this.type = checkNotNull(type, "type");
+      this.validFrom = validFrom;
+      this.validUntil = validUntil;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * @return spot instance requests are in a region
+    */
+   public String getRegion() {
+      return region;
+   }
+
+   public String getAvailabilityZoneGroup() {
+      return availabilityZoneGroup;
+   }
+
+   public Date getCreateTime() {
+      return createTime;
+   }
+
+   public String getFaultCode() {
+      return faultCode;
+   }
+
+   public String getFaultMessage() {
+      return faultMessage;
+   }
+
+   public String getInstanceId() {
+      return instanceId;
+   }
+
+   public String getLaunchGroup() {
+      return launchGroup;
+   }
+
+   public LaunchSpecification getLaunchSpecification() {
+      return launchSpecification;
+   }
+
+   public String getProductDescription() {
+      return productDescription;
+   }
+
+   public String getId() {
+      return id;
+   }
+
+   public float getSpotPrice() {
+      return spotPrice;
+   }
+
+   public State getState() {
+      return state;
+   }
+
+   public Type getType() {
+      return type;
+   }
+
+   public Date getValidFrom() {
+      return validFrom;
+   }
+
+   public Date getValidUntil() {
+      return validUntil;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      final int prime = 31;
+      int result = 1;
+      result = prime * result + ((availabilityZoneGroup == null) ? 0 : availabilityZoneGroup.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((createTime == null) ? 0 : createTime.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((faultCode == null) ? 0 : faultCode.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((faultMessage == null) ? 0 : faultMessage.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((id == null) ? 0 : id.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((instanceId == null) ? 0 : instanceId.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((launchGroup == null) ? 0 : launchGroup.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((launchSpecification == null) ? 0 : launchSpecification.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((productDescription == null) ? 0 : productDescription.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((region == null) ? 0 : region.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + Float.floatToIntBits(spotPrice);
+      result = prime * result + ((type == null) ? 0 : type.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((validFrom == null) ? 0 : validFrom.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((validUntil == null) ? 0 : validUntil.hashCode());
+      return result;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (this == obj)
+         return true;
+      if (obj == null)
+         return false;
+      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+         return false;
+      SpotInstanceRequest other = (SpotInstanceRequest) obj;
+      if (availabilityZoneGroup == null) {
+         if (other.availabilityZoneGroup != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!availabilityZoneGroup.equals(other.availabilityZoneGroup))
+         return false;
+      if (createTime == null) {
+         if (other.createTime != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!createTime.equals(other.createTime))
+         return false;
+      if (faultCode == null) {
+         if (other.faultCode != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!faultCode.equals(other.faultCode))
+         return false;
+      if (faultMessage == null) {
+         if (other.faultMessage != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!faultMessage.equals(other.faultMessage))
+         return false;
+      if (id == null) {
+         if (other.id != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!id.equals(other.id))
+         return false;
+      if (instanceId == null) {
+         if (other.instanceId != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!instanceId.equals(other.instanceId))
+         return false;
+      if (launchGroup == null) {
+         if (other.launchGroup != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!launchGroup.equals(other.launchGroup))
+         return false;
+      if (launchSpecification == null) {
+         if (other.launchSpecification != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!launchSpecification.equals(other.launchSpecification))
+         return false;
+      if (productDescription == null) {
+         if (other.productDescription != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!productDescription.equals(other.productDescription))
+         return false;
+      if (region == null) {
+         if (other.region != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!region.equals(other.region))
+         return false;
+      if (Float.floatToIntBits(spotPrice) != Float.floatToIntBits(other.spotPrice))
+         return false;
+      if (type != other.type)
+         return false;
+      if (validFrom == null) {
+         if (other.validFrom != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!validFrom.equals(other.validFrom))
+         return false;
+      if (validUntil == null) {
+         if (other.validUntil != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!validUntil.equals(other.validUntil))
+         return false;
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "[region=" + region + ", id=" + id + ", spotPrice=" + spotPrice + ", state=" + state
+            + ", availabilityZoneGroup=" + availabilityZoneGroup + ", createTime=" + createTime + ", faultCode="
+            + faultCode + ", type=" + type + ", instanceId=" + instanceId + ", launchGroup=" + launchGroup
+            + ", launchSpecification=" + launchSpecification + ", productDescription=" + productDescription
+            + ", validFrom=" + validFrom + ", validUntil=" + validUntil + "]";
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int compareTo(SpotInstanceRequest arg0) {
+      return createTime.compareTo(arg0.createTime);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/functions/SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.functions;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.MonitoringState;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceState;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance implements Function<SpotInstanceRequest, AWSRunningInstance> {
+
+   @Override
+   public AWSRunningInstance apply(SpotInstanceRequest request) {
+      if (request == null)
+         return null;
+      if (request.getState() != SpotInstanceRequest.State.OPEN)
+         return null;
+      AWSRunningInstance.Builder builder = AWSRunningInstance.builder();
+      builder.spotInstanceRequestId(request.getId());
+      builder.instanceId(request.getId());
+      builder.instanceState(InstanceState.PENDING);
+      builder.region(request.getRegion());
+      LaunchSpecification spec = request.getLaunchSpecification();
+      builder.availabilityZone(spec.getAvailabilityZone());
+      // TODO convert
+      // builder.devices(spec.getBlockDeviceMappings());
+      builder.groupIds(spec.getGroupIds());
+      builder.imageId(spec.getImageId());
+      builder.instanceType(spec.getInstanceType());
+      builder.kernelId(spec.getKernelId());
+      builder.keyName(spec.getKeyName());
+      builder.ramdiskId(spec.getRamdiskId());
+      builder.monitoringState(Boolean.TRUE.equals(spec.isMonitoringEnabled()) ? MonitoringState.PENDING
+               : MonitoringState.DISABLED);
+      return builder.build();
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/options/AWSRunInstancesOptions.java

@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceType;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.options.RunInstancesOptions;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
 /**
  * Contains options supported in the Form API for the RunInstances operation. <h2>
  * Usage</h2> The recommended way to instantiate a RunInstancesOptions object is to statically
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ import org.jclouds.ec2.options.RunInstancesOptions;
  *      />
  */
 public class AWSRunInstancesOptions extends RunInstancesOptions {
+   private LaunchSpecification.Builder launchSpecificationBuilder = LaunchSpecification.builder();
    public static final AWSRunInstancesOptions NONE = new AWSRunInstancesOptions();
 
    /**
@@ -60,22 +64,15 @@ public class AWSRunInstancesOptions extends RunInstancesOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getPlacementGroup() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("Placement.GroupName");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Enables monitoring for the instance.
     */
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions enableMonitoring() {
       formParameters.put("Monitoring.Enabled", "true");
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.monitoringEnabled(true);
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getMonitoringEnabled() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("Monitoring.Enabled");
-   }
-
    /**
     * Specifies the subnet ID within which to launch the instance(s) for Amazon Virtual Private
     * Cloud.
@@ -85,10 +82,6 @@ public class AWSRunInstancesOptions extends RunInstancesOptions {
       return this;
    }
 
-   String getSubnetId() {
-      return getFirstFormOrNull("SubnetId");
-   }
-
    public static class Builder extends RunInstancesOptions.Builder {
 
       /**
@@ -175,46 +168,63 @@ public class AWSRunInstancesOptions extends RunInstancesOptions {
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withBlockDeviceMappings(Set<? extends BlockDeviceMapping> mappings) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.blockDeviceMappings(mappings);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withBlockDeviceMappings(mappings));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withKernelId(String kernelId) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.kernelId(kernelId);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withKernelId(kernelId));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withKeyName(String keyName) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.keyName(keyName);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withKeyName(keyName));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withRamdisk(String ramDiskId) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.ramdiskId(ramDiskId);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withRamdisk(ramDiskId));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withSecurityGroup(String securityGroup) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.groupId(securityGroup);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withSecurityGroup(securityGroup));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withSecurityGroups(Iterable<String> securityGroups) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.groupIds(securityGroups);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withSecurityGroups(securityGroups));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withSecurityGroups(String... securityGroups) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.groupIds(ImmutableSet.copyOf(securityGroups));
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withSecurityGroups(securityGroups));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions withUserData(byte[] unencodedData) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.userData(unencodedData);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.withUserData(unencodedData));
    }
 
    @Override
    public AWSRunInstancesOptions asType(String type) {
+      launchSpecificationBuilder.instanceType(type);
       return AWSRunInstancesOptions.class.cast(super.asType(type));
    }
+
+   public synchronized LaunchSpecification.Builder getLaunchSpecificationBuilder() {
+      try {
+         return launchSpecificationBuilder.imageId("fake").build().toBuilder().imageId(null);
+      } finally {
+         launchSpecificationBuilder.imageId(null);
+      }
+   }
 }

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/options/DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.java

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.options;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.date.internal.SimpleDateFormatDateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceType;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.options.internal.BaseEC2RequestOptions;
+
+/**
+ * Contains options supported in the Form API for the DescribeSpotPriceHistory operation. <h2>
+ * Usage</h2> The recommended way to instantiate a DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions object is to
+ * statically import DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.* and invoke a static creation method
+ * followed by an instance mutator (if needed):
+ * <p/>
+ * <code>
+ * import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.*
+ * <p/>
+ * AWSEC2Client client = // get connection
+ * history = client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion(from(yesterday).instanceType("m1.small"));
+ * <code>
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/index.html?ApiReference-form-DescribeSpotPriceHistory.html"
+ *      />
+ */
+public class DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
+   public static final DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions NONE = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+   private static final DateService service = new SimpleDateFormatDateService();
+
+   /**
+    * Start date and time of the Spot Instance price history data.
+    */
+   public DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions from(Date start) {
+      formParameters.put("StartTime", service.iso8601DateFormat(checkNotNull(start, "start")));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * End date and time of the Spot Instance price history data.
+    */
+   public DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions to(Date end) {
+      formParameters.put("EndTime", service.iso8601DateFormat(checkNotNull(end, "end")));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Specifies the instance type to return.
+    */
+   public DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions instanceType(String type) {
+      formParameters.put("InstanceType.1", checkNotNull(type, "type"));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * The description of the AMI.
+    */
+   public DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions productDescription(String description) {
+      formParameters.put("ProductDescription", checkNotNull(description, "description"));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      /**
+       * @see DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions#from
+       */
+      public static DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions from(Date start) {
+         DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+         return options.from(start);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions#to
+       */
+      public static DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions to(Date end) {
+         DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+         return options.to(end);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions#instanceType(InstanceType)
+       */
+      public static DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions instanceType(String instanceType) {
+         DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+         return options.instanceType(instanceType);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions#productDescription(String)
+       */
+      public static DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions productDescription(String description) {
+         DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+         return options.productDescription(description);
+      }
+
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/options/RequestSpotInstancesOptions.java

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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 validUntil 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.aws.ec2.options;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.date.internal.SimpleDateFormatDateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.options.internal.BaseEC2RequestOptions;
+
+/**
+ * Contains options supported in the Form API for the RequestSpotInstances operation. <h2>
+ * Usage</h2> The recommended way validUntil instantiate a RequestSpotInstancesOptions object is
+ * validUntil statically import RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.* and invoke a static creation
+ * method followed by an instance mutator (if needed):
+ * <p/>
+ * <code>
+ * import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.*
+ * <p/>
+ * AWSEC2Client client = // get connection
+ * history = client.getSpotInstanceServices().requestSpotInstancesInRegion("us-east-1",validFrom(yesterday).type("m1.small"));
+ * <code>
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/index.html?ApiReference-form-RequestSpotInstances.html"
+ *      />
+ */
+public class RequestSpotInstancesOptions extends BaseEC2RequestOptions {
+   public static final RequestSpotInstancesOptions NONE = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+   private static final DateService service = new SimpleDateFormatDateService();
+
+   /**
+    * Start date of the request. If this is a one-time request, the request becomes active at this
+    * date and time and remains active until all instances launch, the request expires, or the
+    * request is canceled. If the request is persistent, the request becomes active at this date and
+    * time and remains active until it expires or is canceled.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions validFrom(Date start) {
+      formParameters.put("ValidFrom", service.iso8601DateFormat(checkNotNull(start, "start")));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * End date of the request. If this is a one-time request, the request remains active until all
+    * instances launch, the request is canceled, or this date is reached. If the request is
+    * persistent, it remains active until it is canceled or this date and time is reached.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions validUntil(Date end) {
+      formParameters.put("ValidUntil", service.iso8601DateFormat(checkNotNull(end, "end")));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Specifies the Spot Instance type.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type type) {
+      formParameters.put("Type", checkNotNull(type, "type").toString());
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Specifies the instance launch group. Launch groups are Spot Instances that launch together and
+    * terminate together.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions launchGroup(String launchGroup) {
+      formParameters.put("LaunchGroup", checkNotNull(launchGroup, "launchGroup"));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Specifies the Availability Zone group. If you specify the same Availability Zone group for all
+    * Spot Instance requests, all Spot Instances are launched in the same Availability Zone.
+    */
+   public RequestSpotInstancesOptions availabilityZoneGroup(String availabilityZoneGroup) {
+      formParameters.put("AvailabilityZoneGroup", checkNotNull(availabilityZoneGroup, "availabilityZoneGroup"));
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+      /**
+       * @see RequestSpotInstancesOptions#validFrom
+       */
+      public static RequestSpotInstancesOptions validFrom(Date start) {
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+         return options.validFrom(start);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see RequestSpotInstancesOptions#validUntil
+       */
+      public static RequestSpotInstancesOptions validUntil(Date end) {
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+         return options.validUntil(end);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see RequestSpotInstancesOptions#type
+       */
+      public static RequestSpotInstancesOptions type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type type) {
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+         return options.type(type);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see RequestSpotInstancesOptions#launchGroup(String)
+       */
+      public static RequestSpotInstancesOptions launchGroup(String launchGroup) {
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+         return options.launchGroup(launchGroup);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @see RequestSpotInstancesOptions#availabilityZoneGroup
+       */
+      public static RequestSpotInstancesOptions availabilityZoneGroup(String availabilityZoneGroup) {
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+         return options.availabilityZoneGroup(availabilityZoneGroup);
+      }
+
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/predicates/SpotInstanceRequestActive.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.predicates;
+
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ResourceNotFoundException;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class SpotInstanceRequestActive implements Predicate<SpotInstanceRequest> {
+
+   private final AWSEC2Client client;
+
+   @Resource
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SpotInstanceRequestActive(AWSEC2Client client) {
+      this.client = client;
+   }
+
+   public boolean apply(SpotInstanceRequest spot) {
+      logger.trace("looking for state on spot %s", spot);
+      try {
+         spot = refresh(spot);
+         logger.trace("%s: looking for spot state %s: currently: %s", spot.getId(), SpotInstanceRequest.State.ACTIVE,
+                  spot.getState());
+         if (spot.getState() == SpotInstanceRequest.State.CANCELLED
+                  || spot.getState() == SpotInstanceRequest.State.CLOSED)
+            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("spot request %s %s", spot.getId(), spot.getState()));
+         if (spot.getFaultCode() != null)
+            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("spot request %s fault code(%s) message(%s)", spot.getId(),
+                     spot.getFaultCode(), spot.getFaultMessage()));
+         return spot.getState() == SpotInstanceRequest.State.ACTIVE;
+      } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
+         return false;
+      } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
+         return false;
+      }
+   }
+
+   private SpotInstanceRequest refresh(SpotInstanceRequest spot) {
+      return Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+               spot.getRegion(), spot.getId()));
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceAsyncClient.java

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.services;
+
+import static org.jclouds.aws.reference.FormParameters.ACTION;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.reference.FormParameters.VERSION;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.ws.rs.FormParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.binders.BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.binders.BindSpotInstanceRequestIdsToIndexedFormParams;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.SpotInstanceHandler;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.SpotInstancesHandler;
+import org.jclouds.aws.filters.FormSigner;
+import org.jclouds.location.functions.RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.BinderParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ExceptionParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.FormParams;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.VirtualHost;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
+/**
+ * Provides access to EC2 Spot Instances via their REST API.
+ * <p/>
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@RequestFilters(FormSigner.class)
+@FormParams(keys = VERSION, values = AWSEC2AsyncClient.VERSION)
+@VirtualHost
+public interface SpotInstanceAsyncClient {
+
+   /**
+    * @see SpotInstanceClient#describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @FormParams(keys = ACTION, values = "DescribeSpotInstanceRequests")
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @XMLResponseParser(SpotInstancesHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<? extends Set<SpotInstanceRequest>> describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+         @EndpointParam(parser = RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull.class) @Nullable String region,
+         @BinderParam(BindSpotInstanceRequestIdsToIndexedFormParams.class) String... requestIds);
+
+   /**
+    * @see SpotInstanceClient#requestSpotInstanceInRegion
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @FormParams(keys = ACTION, values = "RequestSpotInstances")
+   @XMLResponseParser(SpotInstanceHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<SpotInstanceRequest> requestSpotInstanceInRegion(
+         @EndpointParam(parser = RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull.class) @Nullable String region,
+         @FormParam("SpotPrice") float spotPrice, @FormParam("LaunchSpecification.ImageId") String imageId,
+         @FormParam("LaunchSpecification.InstanceType") String instanceType);
+
+   /**
+    * @see SpotInstanceClient#requestSpotInstancesInRegion
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @FormParams(keys = ACTION, values = "RequestSpotInstances")
+   @XMLResponseParser(SpotInstancesHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<? extends Set<SpotInstanceRequest>> requestSpotInstancesInRegion(
+         @EndpointParam(parser = RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull.class) @Nullable String region,
+         @FormParam("SpotPrice") float spotPrice, @FormParam("InstanceCount") int instanceCount,
+         @BinderParam(BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams.class) LaunchSpecification launchSpec,
+         RequestSpotInstancesOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * @see SpotInstanceClient#describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @FormParams(keys = ACTION, values = "DescribeSpotPriceHistory")
+   @XMLResponseParser(DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler.class)
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   ListenableFuture<? extends Set<Spot>> describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion(
+         @EndpointParam(parser = RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull.class) @Nullable String region,
+         DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * @see SpotInstanceClient#cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @FormParams(keys = ACTION, values = "CancelSpotInstanceRequests")
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   ListenableFuture<Void> cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+         @EndpointParam(parser = RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull.class) @Nullable String region,
+         @BinderParam(BindSpotInstanceRequestIdsToIndexedFormParams.class) String... requestIds);
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClient.java

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.services;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
+
+/**
+ * Provides Spot Instance services for EC2. For more information, refer to the Amazon EC2 Developer
+ * Guide.
+ * <p/>
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Timeout(duration = 45, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+public interface SpotInstanceClient {
+   /**
+    * Describes Spot Instance requests. Spot Instances are instances that Amazon EC2 starts on your
+    * behalf when the maximum price that you specify exceeds the current Spot Price. Amazon EC2
+    * periodically sets the Spot Price based on available Spot Instance capacity and current spot
+    * instance requests. For conceptual information about Spot Instances, refer to the Amazon
+    * Elastic Compute Cloud Developer Guide or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
+    * 
+    * @param region
+    *           Region where the spot instance service is running
+    * @param requestIds
+    *           Specifies the ID of the Spot Instance request.
+    * 
+    * @see #requestSpotInstancesInRegion
+    * @see #cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see #describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion
+    * @see <a href=
+    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeSpotInstanceRequests.html"
+    *      />
+    * @return TODO
+    */
+   Set<SpotInstanceRequest> describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(@Nullable String region, String... requestIds);
+
+   /**
+    * request a single spot instance
+    * 
+    * @param region
+    *           Region where the spot instance service is running
+    * @param spotPrice
+    *           Specifies the maximum hourly price for any Spot Instance launched to fulfill the
+    *           request.
+    * @param imageId
+    *           The AMI ID.
+    * @param instanceType
+    *           The instance type (ex. m1.small)
+    * @return spot instance request
+    * @see #requestSpotInstancesInRegion
+    */
+   SpotInstanceRequest requestSpotInstanceInRegion(@Nullable String region, float spotPrice, String imageId,
+         String instanceType);
+
+   /**
+    * Creates a Spot Instance request. Spot Instances are instances that Amazon EC2 starts on your
+    * behalf when the maximum price that you specify exceeds the current Spot Price. Amazon EC2
+    * periodically sets the Spot Price based on available Spot Instance capacity and current spot
+    * instance requests. For conceptual information about Spot Instances, refer to the Amazon
+    * Elastic Compute Cloud Developer Guide or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
+    * 
+    * @param region
+    *           Region where the spot instance service is running
+    * @param spotPrice
+    *           Specifies the maximum hourly price for any Spot Instance launched to fulfill the
+    *           request.
+    * @param instanceCount
+    *           number of instances to request
+    * @param launchSpec
+    *           includes at least The AMI ID and instance type (ex. m1.small)
+    * @param options
+    *           options including expiration time or grouping
+    * 
+    * @see #describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see #cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see #describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion
+    * @see <a href=
+    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-RequestSpotInstances.html"
+    *      />
+    * @return set of spot instance requests
+    */
+   Set<SpotInstanceRequest> requestSpotInstancesInRegion(@Nullable String region, float spotPrice, int instanceCount,
+         LaunchSpecification launchSpec, RequestSpotInstancesOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * Describes Spot Price history. Spot Instances are instances that Amazon EC2 starts on your
+    * behalf when the maximum price that you specify exceeds the current Spot Price. Amazon EC2
+    * periodically sets the Spot Price based on available Spot Instance capacity and current spot
+    * instance requests. For conceptual information about Spot Instances, refer to the Amazon
+    * Elastic Compute Cloud Developer Guide or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
+    * 
+    * @param region
+    *           Region where the spot instance service is running
+    * @param options
+    *           options to control the list
+    * 
+    * @see #describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see #requestSpotInstancesInRegion
+    * @see #cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see <a href=
+    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeSpotInstanceRequests.html"
+    *      />
+    * @return TODO
+    */
+   @Timeout(duration = 2, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+   Set<Spot> describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion(@Nullable String region, DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * Cancels one or more Spot Instance requests. Spot Instances are instances that Amazon EC2
+    * starts on your behalf when the maximum price that you specify exceeds the current Spot Price.
+    * Amazon EC2 periodically sets the Spot Price based on available Spot Instance capacity and
+    * current spot instance requests. For conceptual information about Spot Instances, refer to the
+    * Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Developer Guide or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
+    * 
+    * @param region
+    *           Region where the spot instance service is running
+    * @param requestIds
+    *           Specifies the ID of the Spot Instance request.
+    * 
+    * @see #describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion
+    * @see #requestSpotInstancesInRegion
+    * @see #describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion
+    * @see <a href=
+    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-CancelSpotInstanceRequests.html"
+    *      />
+    * @return TODO
+    */
+   String cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(@Nullable String region, String... requestIds);
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax.HandlerWithResult;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler extends
+         ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Set<Spot>> {
+
+   private Builder<Spot> spots = ImmutableSet.<Spot>builder();
+   private final SpotHandler spotHandler;
+
+   @Inject
+   public DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler(SpotHandler spotHandler) {
+      this.spotHandler = spotHandler;
+   }
+
+   public Set<Spot> getResult() {
+      return spots.build();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public HandlerWithResult<Set<Spot>> setContext(HttpRequest request) {
+      spotHandler.setContext(request);
+      return super.setContext(request);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes)
+            throws SAXException {
+      if (!qName.equals("item"))
+         spotHandler.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
+      if (qName.equals("item")) {
+         spots.add(spotHandler.getResult());
+      }
+      spotHandler.endElement(uri, localName, qName);
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      spotHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/LaunchSpecificationHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification.Builder;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.BlockDeviceMapping;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class LaunchSpecificationHandler extends HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<LaunchSpecification> {
+
+   @Resource
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+   protected final DateService dateService;
+   protected final String defaultRegion;
+   protected final Builder builder;
+   protected final BlockDeviceMapping.Builder blockDeviceMappingBuilder;
+
+   @Inject
+   public LaunchSpecificationHandler(DateService dateService, @Region String defaultRegion,
+         LaunchSpecification.Builder builder, BlockDeviceMapping.Builder blockDeviceMappingBuilder) {
+      this.dateService = dateService;
+      this.defaultRegion = defaultRegion;
+      this.builder = builder;
+      this.blockDeviceMappingBuilder = blockDeviceMappingBuilder;
+   }
+
+   protected String currentOrNull() {
+      String returnVal = currentText.toString().trim();
+      return returnVal.equals("") ? null : returnVal;
+   }
+
+   protected StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
+
+   private boolean inBlockDeviceMapping;
+
+   public void startElement(String uri, String name, String qName, Attributes attrs) {
+      if (qName.equals("blockDeviceMapping")) {
+         inBlockDeviceMapping = true;
+      }
+   }
+
+   public void endElement(String uri, String name, String qName) {
+      if (qName.equals("blockDeviceMapping")) {
+         inBlockDeviceMapping = false;
+      } else if (qName.equals("item") && inBlockDeviceMapping) {
+         try {
+            builder.blockDeviceMapping(blockDeviceMappingBuilder.build());
+         } finally {
+            blockDeviceMappingBuilder.clear();
+         }
+      } else if (qName.equals("deviceName")) {
+         blockDeviceMappingBuilder.deviceName(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("virtualName")) {
+         blockDeviceMappingBuilder.virtualName(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("snapshotId")) {
+         blockDeviceMappingBuilder.snapshotId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("volumeSize")) {
+         String volumeSize = currentOrNull();
+         if (volumeSize != null)
+            blockDeviceMappingBuilder.sizeInGib(Integer.parseInt(volumeSize));
+      } else if (qName.equals("noDevice")) {
+         String noDevice = currentOrNull();
+         if (noDevice != null)
+            blockDeviceMappingBuilder.noDevice(Boolean.parseBoolean(noDevice));
+      } else if (qName.equals("deleteOnTermination")) {
+         String deleteOnTermination = currentOrNull();
+         if (deleteOnTermination != null)
+            blockDeviceMappingBuilder.deleteOnTermination(Boolean.parseBoolean(deleteOnTermination));
+      } else if (qName.equals("groupId")) {
+         builder.groupId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("imageId")) {
+         builder.imageId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("instanceType")) {
+         builder.instanceType(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("kernelId")) {
+         builder.kernelId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("keyName")) {
+         builder.keyName(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("availabilityZone")) {
+         builder.availabilityZone(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("ramdiskId")) {
+         builder.ramdiskId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("enabled")) {
+         String monitoringEnabled = currentOrNull();
+         if (monitoringEnabled != null)
+            builder.monitoringEnabled(new Boolean(monitoringEnabled));
+      }
+      currentText = new StringBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      currentText.append(ch, start, length);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public LaunchSpecification getResult() {
+      try {
+         return builder.build();
+      } finally {
+         builder.clear();
+      }
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/PlacementGroupHandler.java

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.PlacementGroup;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.PlacementGroup.State;
 import org.jclouds.aws.util.AWSUtils;
-import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
 import org.jclouds.location.Region;
 
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ public class PlacementGroupHandler extends
          ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<PlacementGroup> {
    private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
 
-   @Inject
-   protected DateService dateService;
    @Inject
    @Region
    String defaultRegion;

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.aws.util.AWSUtils;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SpotHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<Spot> {
+   private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
+
+   protected final DateService dateService;
+   protected final String defaultRegion;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SpotHandler(DateService dateService, @Region String defaultRegion) {
+      this.dateService = dateService;
+      this.defaultRegion = defaultRegion;
+   }
+
+   private Spot.Builder builder = Spot.builder();
+
+   public Spot getResult() {
+      try {
+         String region = getRequest() == null ? null : AWSUtils.findRegionInArgsOrNull(getRequest());
+         if (region == null)
+            region = defaultRegion;
+         return builder.region(region).build();
+      } finally {
+         builder.clear();
+      }
+   }
+
+   public void endElement(String uri, String name, String qName) {
+      if (qName.equals("instanceType")) {
+         builder.instanceType(currentText.toString().trim());
+      } else if (qName.equals("productDescription")) {
+         builder.productDescription(currentText.toString().trim());
+      } else if (qName.equals("spotPrice")) {
+         builder.spotPrice(Float.parseFloat(currentText.toString().trim()));
+      } else if (qName.equals("timestamp")) {
+         builder.timestamp(dateService.iso8601DateParse(currentText.toString().trim()));
+      }
+      currentText = new StringBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      currentText.append(ch, start, length);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest.Builder;
+import org.jclouds.aws.util.AWSUtils;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SpotInstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<SpotInstanceRequest> {
+   private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
+
+   protected final DateService dateService;
+   protected final String defaultRegion;
+   protected final Builder builder;
+   protected boolean inLaunchSpecification;
+   protected final LaunchSpecificationHandler launchSpecificationHandler;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SpotInstanceHandler(DateService dateService, @Region String defaultRegion,
+         LaunchSpecificationHandler launchSpecificationHandler, SpotInstanceRequest.Builder builder) {
+      this.dateService = dateService;
+      this.defaultRegion = defaultRegion;
+      this.launchSpecificationHandler = launchSpecificationHandler;
+      this.builder = builder;
+   }
+
+   protected String currentOrNull() {
+      String returnVal = currentText.toString().trim();
+      return returnVal.equals("") ? null : returnVal;
+   }
+
+   public SpotInstanceRequest getResult() {
+      try {
+         String region = getRequest() != null ? AWSUtils.findRegionInArgsOrNull(getRequest()) : null;
+         if (region == null)
+            region = defaultRegion;
+         return builder.region(region).build();
+      } finally {
+         builder.clear();
+      }
+   }
+
+   public void startElement(String uri, String name, String qName, Attributes attrs) {
+      if (qName.equals("launchSpecification")) {
+         inLaunchSpecification = true;
+      }
+      if (inLaunchSpecification)
+         launchSpecificationHandler.startElement(uri, name, qName, attrs);
+   }
+
+   public void endElement(String uri, String name, String qName) {
+      if (qName.equals("launchSpecification")) {
+         inLaunchSpecification = false;
+         builder.launchSpecification(launchSpecificationHandler.getResult());
+      }
+      if (inLaunchSpecification) {
+         launchSpecificationHandler.endElement(uri, name, qName);
+      } else if (qName.equals("spotInstanceRequestId")) {
+         builder.id(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("instanceId")) {
+         builder.instanceId(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("availabilityZoneGroup")) {
+         builder.availabilityZoneGroup(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("launchGroup")) {
+         builder.launchGroup(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("code")) {
+         builder.faultCode(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("message")) {
+         builder.faultMessage(currentOrNull());
+      } else if (qName.equals("spotPrice")) {
+         String price = currentOrNull();
+         if (price != null)
+            builder.spotPrice(Float.parseFloat(price));
+      } else if (qName.equals("type")) {
+         String type = currentOrNull();
+         if (type != null)
+            builder.type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.fromValue(type));
+      } else if (qName.equals("state")) {
+         String state = currentOrNull();
+         if (state != null)
+            builder.state(SpotInstanceRequest.State.fromValue(state));
+      } else if (qName.equals("createTime")) {
+         String createTime = currentOrNull();
+         if (createTime != null)
+            builder.createTime(dateService.iso8601DateParse(createTime));
+      } else if (qName.equals("productDescription")) {
+         builder.productDescription(currentOrNull());
+      }
+      currentText = new StringBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      if (inLaunchSpecification)
+         launchSpecificationHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
+      else
+         currentText.append(ch, start, length);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstancesHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax.HandlerWithResult;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class SpotInstancesHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Set<SpotInstanceRequest>> {
+
+   private final Builder<SpotInstanceRequest> spotRequests = ImmutableSet.<SpotInstanceRequest> builder();
+   private final SpotInstanceHandler spotRequestHandler;
+   private int itemDepth;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SpotInstancesHandler(SpotInstanceHandler spotRequestHandler) {
+      this.spotRequestHandler = spotRequestHandler;
+   }
+
+   public Set<SpotInstanceRequest> getResult() {
+      return spotRequests.build();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public HandlerWithResult<Set<SpotInstanceRequest>> setContext(HttpRequest request) {
+      spotRequestHandler.setContext(request);
+      return super.setContext(request);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
+      if (qName.equals("item"))
+         itemDepth++;
+      if (itemDepth >= 1)
+         spotRequestHandler.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
+      if (qName.equals("item") && itemDepth == 1) {
+         spotRequests.add(spotRequestHandler.getResult());
+      }
+      if (qName.equals("item"))
+         itemDepth--;
+      if (itemDepth >= 1)
+         spotRequestHandler.endElement(uri, localName, qName);
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      if (itemDepth >= 1)
+         spotRequestHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/binders/BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParamsTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.binders;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceType;
+import org.jclouds.encryption.internal.Base64;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit")
+public class BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParamsTest {
+   BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams binder = new BindLaunchSpecificationToFormParams();
+
+   @Test
+   public void testApplyWithBlockDeviceMappings() throws UnknownHostException {
+      LaunchSpecification spec = LaunchSpecification.builder().instanceType(InstanceType.T1_MICRO).imageId("ami-123")
+            .mapNewVolumeToDevice("/dev/sda1", 120, true).build();
+
+      assertEquals(binder.apply(spec), ImmutableMap.of("LaunchSpecification.InstanceType", "t1.micro",
+            "LaunchSpecification.ImageId", "ami-123", "LaunchSpecification.BlockDeviceMapping.1.DeviceName",
+            "/dev/sda1", "LaunchSpecification.BlockDeviceMapping.1.Ebs.VolumeSize", "120",
+            "LaunchSpecification.BlockDeviceMapping.1.Ebs.DeleteOnTermination", "true"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testApplyWithUserData() throws UnknownHostException {
+      LaunchSpecification spec = LaunchSpecification.builder().instanceType(InstanceType.T1_MICRO).imageId("ami-123")
+            .userData("hello".getBytes()).build();
+
+      assertEquals(binder.apply(spec), ImmutableMap.of("LaunchSpecification.InstanceType", "t1.micro",
+            "LaunchSpecification.ImageId", "ami-123", "LaunchSpecification.UserData",
+            Base64.encodeBytes("hello".getBytes())));
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java

@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest {
    @Test(enabled = true, dependsOnMethods = "testCompareSizes")
    public void testExtendedOptionsAndLogin() throws Exception {
       SecurityGroupClient securityGroupClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
-            .getSecurityGroupServices();
+               .getSecurityGroupServices();
 
       KeyPairClient keyPairClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
-            .getKeyPairServices();
+               .getKeyPairServices();
 
       InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
-            .getInstanceServices();
+               .getInstanceServices();
 
       String group = this.group + "o";
 
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest {
       options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).securityGroups(group);
       options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).keyPair(group);
       options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).enableMonitoring();
+      options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).spotPrice(0.3f);
 
       String startedId = null;
       try {
@@ -117,17 +118,17 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest {
          // }
 
          // make sure we made our dummy group and also let in the user's group
-         assertEquals(Sets.newTreeSet(instance.getGroupIds()),
+         assertEquals(Sets.newTreeSet(instance.getGroupIds()), ImmutableSortedSet.<String> of("jclouds#" + group + "#"
-               ImmutableSortedSet.<String> of("jclouds#" + group + "#" + instance.getRegion(), group));
+                  + instance.getRegion(), group));
 
          // make sure our dummy group has no rules
          SecurityGroup secgroup = Iterables.getOnlyElement(securityGroupClient.describeSecurityGroupsInRegion(null,
-               "jclouds#" + group + "#" + instance.getRegion()));
+                  "jclouds#" + group + "#" + instance.getRegion()));
          assert secgroup.getIpPermissions().size() == 0 : secgroup;
 
          // try to run a script with the original keyPair
-         runScriptWithCreds(group, first.getOperatingSystem(),
+         runScriptWithCreds(group, first.getOperatingSystem(), new Credentials(first.getCredentials().identity, result
-               new Credentials(first.getCredentials().identity, result.getKeyMaterial()));
+                  .getKeyMaterial()));
 
       } finally {
          client.destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.inGroup(group));
@@ -151,13 +152,13 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest {
       }
 
       InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
-            .getInstanceServices();
+               .getInstanceServices();
 
       String group = this.group + "g";
 
       TemplateOptions options = client.templateOptions();
 
-      options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).subnetId(subnetId);
+      options.as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).subnetId(subnetId).spotPrice(0.3f);
 
       String startedId = null;
       String nodeId = null;

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/functions/SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstanceTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. .info@cloudconscious.com("
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.functions;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.MonitoringState;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.functions.SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.date.internal.SimpleDateFormatDateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+// NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstanceTest")
+public class SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstanceTest {
+
+   public void testConvert() {
+
+      SpotInstanceRequest input = SpotInstanceRequest.builder().region("us-east-1").id("sir-228e6406")
+               .spotPrice(0.001f).type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.ONE_TIME).state(SpotInstanceRequest.State.OPEN)
+               .launchSpecification(
+                        LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-595a0a1c").groupId("default").instanceType(
+                                 "m1.large").mapNewVolumeToDevice("/dev/sda1", 1, true).mapEBSSnapshotToDevice(
+                                 "/dev/sda2", "snap-1ea27576", 1, true).mapEphemeralDeviceToDevice("/dev/sda3", "vre1")
+                                 .monitoringEnabled(false).build()).createTime(
+                        new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z"))
+               .productDescription("Linux/UNIX").build();
+
+      assertEquals(new SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance().apply(input), AWSRunningInstance.builder().region(
+               "us-east-1").instanceId("sir-228e6406").spotInstanceRequestId("sir-228e6406").instanceState(
+               InstanceState.PENDING).imageId("ami-595a0a1c").groupId("default").instanceType("m1.large")
+               .monitoringState(MonitoringState.PENDING).build());
+   }
+
+   public void testConvertWhenNotOpenReturnsNull() {
+
+      assertEquals(new SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance().apply(SpotInstanceRequest.builder()
+               .region("us-east-1").id("sir-228e6406").type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.ONE_TIME).state(
+                        SpotInstanceRequest.State.ACTIVE).build()), null);
+
+      assertEquals(new SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance().apply(SpotInstanceRequest.builder()
+               .region("us-east-1").id("sir-228e6406").type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.ONE_TIME).state(
+                        SpotInstanceRequest.State.CANCELLED).build()), null);
+
+      assertEquals(new SpotInstanceRequestToAWSRunningInstance().apply(SpotInstanceRequest.builder()
+               .region("us-east-1").id("sir-228e6406").type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.ONE_TIME).state(
+                        SpotInstanceRequest.State.UNRECOGNIZED).build()), null);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/options/DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptionsTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.options;
+
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.from;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.instanceType;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.productDescription;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.to;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.http.options.HttpRequestOptions;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests possible uses of DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions and
+ * DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.*
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptionsTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAssignability() {
+      assert HttpRequestOptions.class.isAssignableFrom(DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.class);
+      assert !String.class.isAssignableFrom(DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.class);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testDescription() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+      options.productDescription("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ProductDescription"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testDescriptionStatic() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = productDescription("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ProductDescription"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testDescriptionNPE() {
+      productDescription(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testInstanceType() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+      options.instanceType("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("InstanceType.1"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testInstanceTypeStatic() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = instanceType("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("InstanceType.1"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testInstanceTypeNPE() {
+      instanceType(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testFrom() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+      options.from(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("StartTime"), Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   Date test = new Date(12345678910l);
+
+   @Test
+   public void testFromStatic() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = from(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("StartTime"), Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testFromNPE() {
+      from(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testTo() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = new DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions();
+      options.to(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("EndTime"), Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testToStatic() {
+      DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions options = to(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("EndTime"), Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testToNPE() {
+      to(null);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/options/RequestSpotInstancesOptionsTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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 validUntil 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.aws.ec2.options;
+
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.availabilityZoneGroup;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.launchGroup;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.type;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.validFrom;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.validUntil;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.options.HttpRequestOptions;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests possible uses of RequestSpotInstancesOptions and RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.*
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class RequestSpotInstancesOptionsTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAssignability() {
+      assert HttpRequestOptions.class.isAssignableFrom(RequestSpotInstancesOptions.class);
+      assert !String.class.isAssignableFrom(RequestSpotInstancesOptions.class);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAvailabilityZoneGroup() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+      options.availabilityZoneGroup("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("AvailabilityZoneGroup"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testAvailabilityZoneGroupStatic() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = availabilityZoneGroup("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("AvailabilityZoneGroup"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testAvailabilityZoneGroupNPE() {
+      availabilityZoneGroup(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testLaunchGroup() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+      options.launchGroup("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("LaunchGroup"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testLaunchGroupStatic() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = launchGroup("test");
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("LaunchGroup"), Collections.singletonList("test"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testLaunchGroupNPE() {
+      launchGroup(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testInstanceType() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+      options.type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.PERSISTENT);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("Type"), Collections.singletonList("persistent"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testInstanceTypeStatic() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.PERSISTENT);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("Type"), Collections.singletonList("persistent"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testInstanceTypeNPE() {
+      type(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testFrom() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+      options.validFrom(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ValidFrom"),
+            Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   Date test = new Date(12345678910l);
+
+   @Test
+   public void testFromStatic() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = validFrom(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ValidFrom"),
+            Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testFromNPE() {
+      validFrom(null);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testTo() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = new RequestSpotInstancesOptions();
+      options.validUntil(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ValidUntil"),
+            Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testToStatic() {
+      RequestSpotInstancesOptions options = validUntil(test);
+      assertEquals(options.buildFormParameters().get("ValidUntil"),
+            Collections.singletonList("1970-05-23T21:21:18.910Z"));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
+   public void testToNPE() {
+      validUntil(null);
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/AMIClientLiveTest.java

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
       setupCredentials();
       Properties overrides = setupProperties();
       context = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider,
-               ImmutableSet.<Module> of(new Log4JLoggingModule()), overrides).getProviderSpecificContext();
+            ImmutableSet.<Module> of(new Log4JLoggingModule()), overrides).getProviderSpecificContext();
       client = context.getApi().getAMIServices();
    }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
       String imageRegisteredId = client.registerImageFromManifestInRegion(null, "jcloudstest1", DEFAULT_MANIFEST);
       imagesToDeregister.add(imageRegisteredId);
       Image imageRegisteredFromManifest = Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.describeImagesInRegion(null,
-               imageIds(imageRegisteredId)));
+            imageIds(imageRegisteredId)));
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifest.getName(), "jcloudstest1");
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifest.getImageLocation(), DEFAULT_MANIFEST);
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifest.getImageType(), ImageType.MACHINE);
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
    @Test(enabled = false)
    public void testRegisterImageFromManifestOptions() {
       String imageRegisteredWithOptionsId = client.registerImageFromManifestInRegion(null, "jcloudstest2",
-               DEFAULT_MANIFEST, withDescription("adrian"));
+            DEFAULT_MANIFEST, withDescription("adrian"));
       imagesToDeregister.add(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId);
       Image imageRegisteredFromManifestWithOptions = Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.describeImagesInRegion(null,
-               imageIds(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId)));
+            imageIds(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId)));
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifestWithOptions.getName(), "jcloudstest2");
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifestWithOptions.getImageLocation(), DEFAULT_MANIFEST);
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredFromManifestWithOptions.getImageType(), ImageType.MACHINE);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
       String imageRegisteredId = client.registerUnixImageBackedByEbsInRegion(null, "jcloudstest1", DEFAULT_MANIFEST);
       imagesToDeregister.add(imageRegisteredId);
       Image imageRegistered = Iterables
-               .getOnlyElement(client.describeImagesInRegion(null, imageIds(imageRegisteredId)));
+            .getOnlyElement(client.describeImagesInRegion(null, imageIds(imageRegisteredId)));
       assertEquals(imageRegistered.getName(), "jcloudstest1");
       assertEquals(imageRegistered.getImageType(), ImageType.MACHINE);
       assertEquals(imageRegistered.getRootDeviceType(), RootDeviceType.EBS);
@@ -175,18 +175,19 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
    // awaiting EBS functionality to be added to jclouds
    public void testRegisterImageBackedByEBSOptions() {
       String imageRegisteredWithOptionsId = client.registerUnixImageBackedByEbsInRegion(null, "jcloudstest2",
-               DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT, addNewBlockDevice("/dev/sda2", "myvirtual", 1).withDescription("adrian"));
+            DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT, addNewBlockDevice("/dev/sda2", "myvirtual", 1).withDescription("adrian"));
       imagesToDeregister.add(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId);
       Image imageRegisteredWithOptions = Iterables.getOnlyElement(client.describeImagesInRegion(null,
-               imageIds(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId)));
+            imageIds(imageRegisteredWithOptionsId)));
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getName(), "jcloudstest2");
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getImageType(), ImageType.MACHINE);
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getRootDeviceType(), RootDeviceType.EBS);
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getRootDeviceName(), "/dev/sda1");
       assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getDescription(), "adrian");
-      assertEquals(imageRegisteredWithOptions.getEbsBlockDevices().entrySet(), ImmutableMap.of("/dev/sda1",
+      assertEquals(
-               new Image.EbsBlockDevice("/dev/sda1", 30, true), "/dev/sda2",
+            imageRegisteredWithOptions.getEbsBlockDevices().entrySet(),
-               new Image.EbsBlockDevice("/dev/sda2", 1, true)).entrySet());
+            ImmutableMap.of("/dev/sda1", new Image.EbsBlockDevice("/dev/sda1", 30, true), "/dev/sda2",
+                  new Image.EbsBlockDevice("/dev/sda2", 1, true)).entrySet());
    }
 
    @Test(enabled = false)
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ public class AMIClientLiveTest {
       // TODO client.resetLaunchPermissionsOnImageInRegion(null, imageId);
    }
 
+   @Test(enabled = false)
    public void testGetLaunchPermissionForImage() {
       System.out.println(client.getLaunchPermissionForImageInRegion(null, imageId));
    }

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest.java

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.compute.AWSEC2TemplateOptions;
 import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
@@ -49,10 +50,7 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.options.TemplateOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.EC2Client;
 import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.KeyPair;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.RunningInstance;
-import org.jclouds.ec2.services.InstanceClient;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ public class AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest {
    protected void setupCredentials() {
       identity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".identity"), "test." + provider + ".identity");
       credential = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".credential"), "test." + provider
-            + ".credential");
+               + ".credential");
       endpoint = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".endpoint", null);
       apiversion = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".apiversion", null);
    }
@@ -106,8 +104,8 @@ public class AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest {
    public void setupClient() {
       setupCredentials();
       Properties overrides = setupProperties();
-      computeContext = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider,
+      computeContext = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider, ImmutableSet.<Module> of(
-            ImmutableSet.<Module> of(new Log4JLoggingModule(), new JschSshClientModule()), overrides);
+               new Log4JLoggingModule(), new JschSshClientModule()), overrides);
       context = computeContext.getProviderSpecificContext();
       client = context.getApi().getKeyPairServices();
    }
@@ -116,19 +114,19 @@ public class AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest {
 
       Map<String, String> keyPair = ComputeTestUtils.setupKeyPair();
 
-      InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getApi()).getInstanceServices();
+      AWSInstanceClient instanceClient = AWSEC2Client.class.cast(context.getApi()).getInstanceServices();
 
       String group = PREFIX + "unssh";
       computeContext.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(inGroup(group));
 
       TemplateOptions options = computeContext.getComputeService().templateOptions();
 
-      options.authorizePublicKey(keyPair.get("public"));
+      options.authorizePublicKey(keyPair.get("public")).as(AWSEC2TemplateOptions.class).spotPrice(0.3f);
 
       ComputeServiceContext noSshContext = null;
       try {
-         noSshContext = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider,
+         noSshContext = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider, ImmutableSet
-               ImmutableSet.of(new Log4JLoggingModule()), setupProperties());
+                  .of(new Log4JLoggingModule()), setupProperties());
 
          Set<? extends NodeMetadata> nodes = noSshContext.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup(group, 1, options);
 
@@ -136,18 +134,19 @@ public class AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest {
          assert first.getCredentials() != null : first;
          assert first.getCredentials().identity != null : first;
 
-         AWSRunningInstance instance = AWSRunningInstance.class
+         AWSRunningInstance instance = getInstance(instanceClient, first.getProviderId());
-               .cast(getInstance(instanceClient, first.getProviderId()));
 
+         assert instance.getSpotInstanceRequestId() != null : instance;
          assertEquals(instance.getKeyName(), "jclouds#" + group);
          assertEquals(first.getCredentials().credential, null);
 
          Map<? extends NodeMetadata, ExecResponse> responses = computeContext.getComputeService()
-               .runScriptOnNodesMatching(
+                  .runScriptOnNodesMatching(
-                     runningInGroup(group),
+                           runningInGroup(group),
-                     exec("echo hello"),
+                           exec("echo hello"),
-                     overrideCredentialsWith(new Credentials(first.getCredentials().identity, keyPair.get("private")))
+                           overrideCredentialsWith(
-                           .wrapInInitScript(false).runAsRoot(false));
+                                    new Credentials(first.getCredentials().identity, keyPair.get("private")))
+                                    .wrapInInitScript(false).runAsRoot(false));
 
          ExecResponse hello = getOnlyElement(responses.values());
          assertEquals(hello.getOutput().trim(), "hello");
@@ -235,9 +234,8 @@ public class AWSKeyPairClientLiveTest {
       assertEquals(listPair.getKeyFingerprint(), keyPair.getKeyFingerprint());
    }
 
-   protected RunningInstance getInstance(InstanceClient instanceClient, String id) {
+   protected AWSRunningInstance getInstance(AWSInstanceClient instanceClient, String id) {
-      RunningInstance instance = getOnlyElement(getOnlyElement(instanceClient.describeInstancesInRegion(null, id)));
+      return getOnlyElement(getOnlyElement(instanceClient.describeInstancesInRegion(null, id)));
-      return instance;
    }
 
    @AfterTest

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceAsyncClientTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.services;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.SpotInstanceHandler;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.xml.SpotInstancesHandler;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReleasePayloadAndReturn;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code SpotInstanceAsyncClient}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+// NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "SpotInstanceAsyncClientTest")
+public class SpotInstanceAsyncClientTest extends BaseAWSEC2AsyncClientTest<SpotInstanceAsyncClient> {
+   public void testRequestSpotInstance() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("requestSpotInstanceInRegion", String.class,
+            float.class, String.class, String.class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, null, 0.01f, "m1.small", "ami-voo");
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(
+            request,
+            "Version=2010-11-15&Action=RequestSpotInstances&LaunchSpecification.ImageId=m1.small&SpotPrice=0.01&LaunchSpecification.InstanceType=ami-voo",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, SpotInstanceHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, null);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testRequestSpotInstancesOptions() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("requestSpotInstancesInRegion", String.class,
+            float.class, int.class, LaunchSpecification.class, RequestSpotInstancesOptions[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, "eu-west-1", 0.01, 3,
+            LaunchSpecification.builder().instanceType("m1.small").imageId("ami-voo").availabilityZone("eu-west-1a")
+                  .kernelId("kernelId").groupId("group1").build(), new RequestSpotInstancesOptions().validFrom(from)
+                  .validUntil(to).availabilityZoneGroup("availabilityZoneGroup").launchGroup("launchGroup"));
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(
+            request,
+            "Version=2010-11-15&Action=RequestSpotInstances&InstanceCount=3&SpotPrice=0.01&ValidFrom=1970-05-23T21%3A21%3A18.910Z&ValidUntil=2009-02-13T23%3A31%3A31.011Z&AvailabilityZoneGroup=availabilityZoneGroup&LaunchGroup=launchGroup&LaunchSpecification.ImageId=ami-voo&LaunchSpecification.Placement.AvailabilityZone=eu-west-1a&LaunchSpecification.SecurityGroup.1=group1&LaunchSpecification.InstanceType=m1.small&LaunchSpecification.KernelId=kernelId",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, SpotInstancesHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, null);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testCancelSpotInstanceRequests() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion", String.class,
+            String[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, null, "id");
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, "Version=2010-11-15&Action=CancelSpotInstanceRequests&SpotInstanceRequestId.1=id",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ReleasePayloadAndReturn.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testDescribeSpotInstanceRequests() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion", String.class,
+            String[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, (String) null);
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, "Version=2010-11-15&Action=DescribeSpotInstanceRequests",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, SpotInstancesHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testDescribeSpotInstanceRequestsArgs() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion", String.class,
+            String[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, null, "1", "2");
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(
+            request,
+            "Version=2010-11-15&Action=DescribeSpotInstanceRequests&SpotInstanceRequestId.1=1&SpotInstanceRequestId.2=2",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, SpotInstancesHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testDescribeSpotPriceHistory() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion", String.class,
+            DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, (String) null);
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, "Version=2010-11-15&Action=DescribeSpotPriceHistory",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   Date from = new Date(12345678910l);
+   Date to = new Date(1234567891011l);
+
+   public void testDescribeSpotPriceHistoryArgs() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = SpotInstanceAsyncClient.class.getMethod("describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion", String.class,
+            DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions[].class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, null, DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.from(from)
+            .to(to).productDescription("description").instanceType("m1.small"));
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Host: ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(
+            request,
+            "Version=2010-11-15&Action=DescribeSpotPriceHistory&StartTime=1970-05-23T21%3A21%3A18.910Z&EndTime=2009-02-13T23%3A31%3A31.011Z&ProductDescription=description&InstanceType.1=m1.small",
+            "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected TypeLiteral<RestAnnotationProcessor<SpotInstanceAsyncClient>> createTypeLiteral() {
+      return new TypeLiteral<RestAnnotationProcessor<SpotInstanceAsyncClient>>() {
+      };
+   }
+
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClientLiveTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.services;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.in;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOptions.Builder.from;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.ec2.options.RequestSpotInstancesOptions.Builder.launchGroup;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.jclouds.Constants;
+import org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.AWSEC2Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.AWSRunningInstance;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.predicates.SpotInstanceRequestActive;
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.domain.InstanceType;
+import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
+import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
+import com.google.inject.Module;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code SpotInstanceClient}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "live", sequential = true)
+public class SpotInstanceClientLiveTest {
+
+   private static final int SPOT_DELAY_SECONDS = 300;
+   private AWSEC2Client client;
+   private ComputeServiceContext context;
+   private RetryablePredicate<SpotInstanceRequest> activeTester;
+   private Set<SpotInstanceRequest> requests;
+   protected String provider = "aws-ec2";
+   protected String identity;
+   protected String credential;
+   protected String endpoint;
+   protected String apiversion;
+   private AWSRunningInstance instance;
+   private long start;
+
+   @BeforeClass
+   protected void setupCredentials() {
+      identity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".identity"), "test." + provider + ".identity");
+      credential = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".credential");
+      endpoint = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".endpoint");
+      apiversion = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".apiversion");
+   }
+
+   protected Properties setupProperties() {
+      Properties overrides = new Properties();
+      overrides.setProperty(Constants.PROPERTY_TRUST_ALL_CERTS, "true");
+      overrides.setProperty(Constants.PROPERTY_RELAX_HOSTNAME, "true");
+      overrides.setProperty(provider + ".identity", identity);
+      if (credential != null)
+         overrides.setProperty(provider + ".credential", credential);
+      if (endpoint != null)
+         overrides.setProperty(provider + ".endpoint", endpoint);
+      if (apiversion != null)
+         overrides.setProperty(provider + ".apiversion", apiversion);
+      return overrides;
+   }
+
+   @BeforeGroups(groups = { "live" })
+   public void setupClient() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+      setupCredentials();
+      Properties overrides = setupProperties();
+      context = new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(provider,
+            ImmutableSet.<Module> of(new Log4JLoggingModule(), new JschSshClientModule()), overrides);
+
+      client = AWSEC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi());
+      activeTester = new RetryablePredicate<SpotInstanceRequest>(new SpotInstanceRequestActive(client),
+            SPOT_DELAY_SECONDS, 1, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   void testDescribeSpotRequestsInRegion() {
+      for (String region : Region.DEFAULT_REGIONS) {
+         SortedSet<SpotInstanceRequest> allResults = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(client.getSpotInstanceServices()
+               .describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(region));
+         assertNotNull(allResults);
+         if (allResults.size() >= 1) {
+            SpotInstanceRequest request = allResults.last();
+            SortedSet<SpotInstanceRequest> result = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(client.getSpotInstanceServices()
+                  .describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(region, request.getId()));
+            assertNotNull(result);
+            SpotInstanceRequest compare = result.last();
+            assertEquals(compare, request);
+         }
+      }
+
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   void testDescribeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion() {
+      for (final String region : Region.DEFAULT_REGIONS) {
+         Set<Spot> spots = client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotPriceHistoryInRegion(region, from(new Date()));
+         assertNotNull(spots);
+         assert spots.size() > 0;
+         for (Spot spot : spots) {
+            assert spot.getSpotPrice() > 0 : spots;
+            assertEquals(spot.getRegion(), region);
+            assert in(ImmutableSet.of("Linux/UNIX", "SUSE Linux", "Windows")).apply(spot.getProductDescription()) : spot;
+            assert in(
+                  ImmutableSet.of("c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "m1.large", "m1.small", "m1.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge",
+                        "m2.4xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "t1.micro")).apply(spot.getInstanceType()) : spot;
+
+         }
+      }
+
+   }
+
+   @Test(enabled = true)
+   void testCreateSpotInstance() {
+      String launchGroup = PREFIX + "1";
+      for (SpotInstanceRequest request : client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(
+            "us-west-1"))
+         if (launchGroup.equals(request.getLaunchGroup()))
+            client.getSpotInstanceServices().cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion("us-west-1", request.getId());
+      start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+      requests = client.getSpotInstanceServices().requestSpotInstancesInRegion(
+            "us-west-1",
+            0.03f,
+            1,
+            LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-595a0a1c").instanceType(InstanceType.T1_MICRO).build(),
+            launchGroup(launchGroup).availabilityZoneGroup(launchGroup).validFrom(new Date())
+                  .validUntil(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(SPOT_DELAY_SECONDS))));
+      assertNotNull(requests);
+
+      for (SpotInstanceRequest request : requests)
+         verifySpotInstance(request);
+   }
+
+   private void verifySpotInstance(SpotInstanceRequest request) {
+      SpotInstanceRequest spot = refresh(request);
+      assertNotNull(spot);
+      assertEquals(spot, request);
+      assert activeTester.apply(request) : refresh(request);
+      System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() - start);
+      spot = refresh(request);
+      assert spot.getInstanceId() != null : spot;
+      instance = getOnlyElement(getOnlyElement(client.getInstanceServices().describeInstancesInRegion("us-west-1",
+            spot.getInstanceId())));
+      assertEquals(instance.getSpotInstanceRequestId(), spot.getId());
+   }
+
+   public SpotInstanceRequest refresh(SpotInstanceRequest request) {
+      return getOnlyElement(client.getSpotInstanceServices().describeSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion("us-west-1",
+            request.getId()));
+   }
+
+   public static final String PREFIX = System.getProperty("user.name") + "ec2";
+
+   @AfterTest
+   public void shutdown() {
+      if (requests != null) {
+         for (SpotInstanceRequest request : requests)
+            client.getSpotInstanceServices().cancelSpotInstanceRequestsInRegion(request.getRegion(), request.getId());
+         // assert deletedTester.apply(request) : request;
+      }
+      if (instance != null) {
+         client.getInstanceServices().terminateInstancesInRegion("us-west-1", instance.getId());
+      }
+      context.close();
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/AWSRunInstancesResponseHandlerTest.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Guice;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "RunInstancesResponseHandlerTest")
-public class RunInstancesResponseHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
+public class AWSRunInstancesResponseHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
 
    private DateService dateService;
 

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandlerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com("
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.Spot;
+import org.jclouds.date.internal.SimpleDateFormatDateService;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.BaseHandlerTest;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+// NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandlerTest")
+public class DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandlerTest extends BaseHandlerTest {
+   public void testApplyInputStream() {
+
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/describe_spot_price_history.xml");
+
+      Set<Spot> expected = ImmutableSet.of(
+            Spot.builder().region("us-west-1").instanceType("t1.micro").productDescription("SUSE Linux").spotPrice(0.013f)
+                  .timestamp(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-07T12:17:19.000Z")).build(),
+            Spot.builder().region("us-west-1").instanceType("m1.large").productDescription("Linux/UNIX").spotPrice(0.119f)
+                  .timestamp(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-07T16:29:16.000Z")).build(),
+            Spot.builder().region("us-west-1").instanceType("t1.micro").productDescription("Windows").spotPrice(0.013f)
+                  .timestamp(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-07T17:56:54.000Z")).build()
+
+      );
+
+      Set<Spot> result = factory.create(injector.createChildInjector(new AbstractModule(){
+
+         @Override
+         protected void configure() {
+            bindConstant().annotatedWith(Region.class).to("us-west-1");  
+         }
+         
+      }).getInstance(DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponseHandler.class)).parse(is);
+
+      assertEquals(result, expected);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstanceHandlerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. .info@cloudconscious.com("
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.LaunchSpecification;
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.date.internal.SimpleDateFormatDateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.xml.BaseEC2HandlerTest;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.config.SaxParserModule;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code SpotInstanceHandler}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+// NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "SpotInstanceHandlerTest")
+public class SpotInstanceHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
+
+   private DateService dateService;
+
+   @BeforeTest
+   @Override
+   protected void setUpInjector() {
+      injector = Guice.createInjector(new SaxParserModule(), new AbstractModule() {
+
+         @Override
+         protected void configure() {
+            bind(String.class).annotatedWith(Region.class).toInstance("us-east-1");
+         }
+
+      });
+      factory = injector.getInstance(ParseSax.Factory.class);
+      dateService = injector.getInstance(DateService.class);
+      assert dateService != null;
+   }
+
+   public void testApplyInputStream() {
+
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml");
+
+      SpotInstanceRequest expected = SpotInstanceRequest
+            .builder()
+            .region("us-east-1")
+            .id("sir-228e6406")
+            .spotPrice(0.001f)
+            .type(SpotInstanceRequest.Type.ONE_TIME)
+            .state(SpotInstanceRequest.State.OPEN)
+            .launchSpecification(
+                  LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-595a0a1c").groupId("default").instanceType("m1.large")
+                        .mapNewVolumeToDevice("/dev/sda1", 1, true)
+                        .mapEBSSnapshotToDevice("/dev/sda2", "snap-1ea27576", 1, true)
+                        .mapEphemeralDeviceToDevice("/dev/sda3", "vre1").monitoringEnabled(false).build())
+            .createTime(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z"))
+            .productDescription("Linux/UNIX").build();
+      SpotInstanceHandler handler = injector.getInstance(SpotInstanceHandler.class);
+      addDefaultRegionToHandler(handler);
+      SpotInstanceRequest result = factory.create(handler).parse(is);
+      assertEquals(result, expected);
+   }
+
+   private void addDefaultRegionToHandler(ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<?> handler) {
+      GeneratedHttpRequest<?> request = createMock(GeneratedHttpRequest.class);
+      expect(request.getArgs()).andReturn(ImmutableList.<Object> of()).atLeastOnce();
+      replay(request);
+      handler.setContext(request);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/xml/SpotInstancesHandlerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. .info@cloudconscious.com("
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.aws.ec2.xml;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.ec2.domain.SpotInstanceRequest;
+import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
+import org.jclouds.ec2.xml.BaseEC2HandlerTest;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.config.SaxParserModule;
+import org.jclouds.location.Region;
+import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code SpotInstancesHandler}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+// NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "SpotInstancesHandlerTest")
+public class SpotInstancesHandlerTest extends BaseEC2HandlerTest {
+
+   private DateService dateService;
+
+   @BeforeTest
+   @Override
+   protected void setUpInjector() {
+      injector = Guice.createInjector(new SaxParserModule(), new AbstractModule() {
+
+         @Override
+         protected void configure() {
+            bind(String.class).annotatedWith(Region.class).toInstance("us-east-1");
+         }
+
+      });
+      factory = injector.getInstance(ParseSax.Factory.class);
+      dateService = injector.getInstance(DateService.class);
+      assert dateService != null;
+   }
+   public void testDescribe() {
+
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/describe_spot_instance_requests.xml");
+      SpotInstancesHandler handler = injector
+            .getInstance(SpotInstancesHandler.class);
+      addDefaultRegionToHandler(handler);
+      Set<SpotInstanceRequest> result = factory.create(handler).parse(is);
+      assertEquals(result.size(), 18);
+   }
+   public void testRequest() {
+
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/request_spot_instances.xml");
+      SpotInstancesHandler handler = injector
+            .getInstance(SpotInstancesHandler.class);
+      addDefaultRegionToHandler(handler);
+      Set<SpotInstanceRequest> result = factory.create(handler).parse(is);
+      assertEquals(result.size(), 3);
+   }
+
+   private void addDefaultRegionToHandler(ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<?> handler) {
+      GeneratedHttpRequest<?> request = createMock(GeneratedHttpRequest.class);
+      expect(request.getArgs()).andReturn(ImmutableList.<Object> of()).atLeastOnce();
+      replay(request);
+      handler.setContext(request);
+   }
+}

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_instance_requests.xml

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+<DescribeSpotInstanceRequestsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-11-15/">
+    <requestId>7c4dd2bd-106d-4cd3-987c-35ee819180a6</requestId>
+    <spotInstanceRequestSet>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-067a4805</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.040000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:13:07.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-aa67d410</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.040000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:13:57.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-32e32810</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:15:52.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-46a36210</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T20:20:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>foo</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>azfoo</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>true</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:18:25.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-91780010</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T20:20:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>foo</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>azfoo</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>true</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:18:25.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-6f1fa605</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:19:27.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-a33eee10</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:21:16.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-aa690410</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:21:52.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-99ba4e06</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T20:26:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>doo</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>dooo</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>true</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:24:30.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-a617c406</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T20:26:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>doo</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>dooo</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>true</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:24:30.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-2147a405</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:25:19.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-c441c805</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:29:09.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-4658fe10</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T21:10:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>check3</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>check3</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:31:34.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-49a3ce10</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T21:10:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>check3</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>check3</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:31:34.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-91b30610</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.010000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T21:10:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchGroup>check3</launchGroup>
+            <availabilityZoneGroup>check3</availabilityZoneGroup>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:31:34.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-d8561606</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T20:34:10.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-4cdaa406</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>persistent</type>
+            <state>cancelled</state>
+            <validUntil>2011-03-07T22:25:00.000Z</validUntil>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <keyName>default</keyName>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>quick-start-1</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T22:23:19.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-e19f2206</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>open</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping/>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-07T22:32:50.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+    </spotInstanceRequestSet>
+</DescribeSpotInstanceRequestsResponse>

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/describe_spot_price_history.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-11-15/">
+    <requestId>99777a75-2a2b-4296-a305-650c442d2d63</requestId>
+    <spotPriceHistorySet>
+        <item>
+            <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+            <productDescription>SUSE Linux</productDescription>
+            <spotPrice>0.013000</spotPrice>
+            <timestamp>2011-03-07T12:17:19.000Z</timestamp>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <instanceType>m1.large</instanceType>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+            <spotPrice>0.119000</spotPrice>
+            <timestamp>2011-03-07T16:29:16.000Z</timestamp>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+            <productDescription>Windows</productDescription>
+            <spotPrice>0.013000</spotPrice>
+            <timestamp>2011-03-07T17:56:54.000Z</timestamp>
+        </item>
+    </spotPriceHistorySet>
+</DescribeSpotPriceHistoryResponse>

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances-ebs.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<RequestSpotInstancesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-11-15/">
+    <requestId>02401e8e-a4f5-4285-8ea8-6d742fbaadd8</requestId>
+    <spotInstanceRequestSet>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-228e6406</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>open</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>m1.large</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda1</deviceName>
+                        <ebs>
+                            <volumeSize>1</volumeSize>
+                            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
+                        </ebs>
+                    </item>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda3</deviceName>
+                        <virtualName>vre1</virtualName>
+                    </item>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda2</deviceName>
+                        <ebs>
+                            <snapshotId>snap-1ea27576</snapshotId>
+                            <volumeSize>1</volumeSize>
+                            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
+                        </ebs>
+                    </item>
+                </blockDeviceMapping>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-08T03:30:36.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+    </spotInstanceRequestSet>
+</RequestSpotInstancesResponse>

providers/aws-ec2/src/test/resources/request_spot_instances.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<RequestSpotInstancesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-11-15/">
+    <requestId>2ffc645f-6835-4d23-bd18-f6f53c253067</requestId>
+    <spotInstanceRequestSet>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-7c74f805</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>open</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda1</deviceName>
+                        <ebs>
+                            <volumeSize>120</volumeSize>
+                            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
+                        </ebs>
+                    </item>
+                </blockDeviceMapping>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-08T02:36:32.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-78ca7605</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>open</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda1</deviceName>
+                        <ebs>
+                            <volumeSize>120</volumeSize>
+                            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
+                        </ebs>
+                    </item>
+                </blockDeviceMapping>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-08T02:36:32.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <spotInstanceRequestId>sir-7e0f6005</spotInstanceRequestId>
+            <spotPrice>0.001000</spotPrice>
+            <type>one-time</type>
+            <state>open</state>
+            <launchSpecification>
+                <imageId>ami-595a0a1c</imageId>
+                <groupSet>
+                    <item>
+                        <groupId>default</groupId>
+                    </item>
+                </groupSet>
+                <instanceType>t1.micro</instanceType>
+                <blockDeviceMapping>
+                    <item>
+                        <deviceName>/dev/sda1</deviceName>
+                        <ebs>
+                            <volumeSize>120</volumeSize>
+                            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
+                        </ebs>
+                    </item>
+                </blockDeviceMapping>
+                <monitoring>
+                    <enabled>false</enabled>
+                </monitoring>
+            </launchSpecification>
+            <createTime>2011-03-08T02:36:32.000Z</createTime>
+            <productDescription>Linux/UNIX</productDescription>
+        </item>
+    </spotInstanceRequestSet>
+</RequestSpotInstancesResponse>

sandbox-apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/predicates/JobComplete.java

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ package org.jclouds.cloudstack.predicates;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-
 import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.AsyncJob;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
-import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
 /**
@@ -60,10 +57,8 @@ public class JobComplete implements Predicate<Long> {
          return false;
       logger.trace("%s: looking for job status %s: currently: %s", job.getId(), 1, job.getStatus());
       if (job.getError() != null)
-         Throwables.propagate(new ExecutionException(String.format("job %s failed with exception %s", job.getId(), job
+         throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("job %s failed with exception %s", job.getId(), job.getError()
-                  .getError().toString())) {
+                  .toString()));
-                     private static final long serialVersionUID = 4371112085613620239L;
-         });
       return job.getStatus() > 0;
    }