Provided by: libvm-ec2-perl_1.28-4_all bug

NAME

       VM::EC2::ReservedInstance::Offering - Object describing an Amazon EC2 reserved instance
       offering

SYNOPSIS

         use VM::EC2;

         $ec2       = VM::EC2->new(...);
         @offerings = $ec2->describe_reserved_instances_offerings();
         for my $o (@offerings) {
           print $o->reservedInstancesOfferingId,"\n";
           print $o->instanceType,"\n";
           print $o->availabilityZone,"\n";
           print $o->duration,"\n";
           print $o->fixedPrice,"\n";
           print $o->usagePrice,"\n";
           print $o->productDescription,"\n";
           print $o->instanceTenancy,"\n";
           print $o->currencyCode,"\n";
         }

        # purchase the first one
        $offerings[0]->purchase() && print "offer purchased\n";

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents an Amazon EC2 reserved instance offering, as returned by
       VM::EC2->describe_reserved_instances_offerings.

METHODS

       These object methods are supported:

        reservedInstancesOfferingId -- ID of this offer

        instanceType                -- The instance type on which this reserved
                                        instance can be used.

        availabilityZone            -- The availability zone in which this reserved
                                        instance can be used.

        duration                    -- The duration of the reserved instance contract, in seconds.

        fixedPrice                  -- The purchase price of the reserved instance for the indicated
                                        version.

        usagePrice                  -- The usage price of the reserved instance, per hour.

        productDescription          -- The reserved instance description. One of  "Linux/UNIX",
                                        "Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC)", "Windows", and "Windows (Amazon
                                          VPC)"

        instanceTenancy             -- The tenancy of the reserved instance (VPC only).

        currencyCode                -- The currency of the reserved instance offering prices.

       In addition, this object supports the purchase() method:

   $boolean = $offering->purchase($count)
       Purchases the offering and returns true on success. The optional $count argument specifies
       the number of reserved instances to purchase (default 1).

STRING OVERLOADING

       When used in a string context, this object will interpolate the
       reservedInstancesOfferingId.

SEE ALSO

       VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

       Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

       This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL (either version 1, or at your option, any
       later version) or the Artistic License 2.0.  Refer to LICENSE for the full license text.
       In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.