The Regional Controller's Object Model
The Regional Controller performs its work by maintaining an Object Model. The Object Model consists of a number of objects, described below, which model the machines, software, and lifecycles of the various Akraino deployments that the Regional Controller controls. The collection of all the objects that the Regional Controller maintains in this model, as well as their relationships is know as the Akraino Universe.
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A set of functionality that can be assigned to one or more Users. Roles allow users to perform specific functions within the API. The roles are hard-coded into the Regional Controller, and are not expected to change often, if at all; as such, there are no CRUD operations defined for the roles. A user of the API can discover what roles s/he has been given via the Login API.