NAME

       VM::EC2::AvailabilityZone - Object describing an Amazon availability zone

SYNOPSIS

         use VM::EC2;

         $ec2     = VM::EC2->new(...);
         @zones   = $ec2->describe_availability_zones(-filter=>{state=>'available'});

         $zone    = $zones[0];
         $name    = $zone->zoneName;
         @messages= $zone->messages;

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents an Amazon EC2 availability zone, and is returned by
       VM::EC2->describe_availability_zones().

METHODS

       These object methods are supported:

        zoneName      -- Name of the zone, e.g. "eu-west-1a"
        zoneState     -- State of the availability zone, e.g. "available"
        regionName    -- Name of the region
        region        -- A VM::EC2::Region object corresponding to regionName
        messages      -- A list of messages about the zone

STRING OVERLOADING

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

SEE ALSO

       VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic VM::EC2::Region

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.