Request a ticket from the component. Specifically, solicit a commitment for resources at some time in the future, which is returned as a ticket. Note that the promse of resources is bound to a slice and a user.

Realize a ticket - that is, allocate resources on the component to a valid slice on behalf of a user. The ticket name and user credentials are parameters and the result is a description of the sliver actually allocated.

Change the resource allocation of a sliver on this component. There will be a notification to the sliver if this succeeds. User credentials and sliver validity are checked and if the allocation is successful a new sliver is returned. The sliver will have the same name as the one passed in. We return the full sliver so that partial resource allocations may be permitted. A caller should confirm that the returned sliver contains the resources that the caller requested.

Change the resource allocation of a ticket for resources on this component. User credentials and ticket validity are checked and if the allocation is successful a new ticket is returned. The ticket will have the same name as the one passed in. We return the full ticket so that partial resource allocations may be permitted. A caller should confirm that the returned ticket contains the resources that the caller requested.

Start the experiment on a given sliver or set of slivers allocated to a slice on this component. The parameter types tell if a slice or sliver name has been passed, and the acts accordingly.

Stop a service on s given sliver or set of slivers allocated to a slice on this component. The parameter types tell if a slice or sliver name has been passed, and the component acts accordingly.

Destroy a given sliver or set of slivers allocated to a slice on this component. The parameter types tell if a slice or sliver name ahs been passed, and the component frees resources accordingly.

List the slivers (and each sliver's associated slice) realized on the component. The return type is a list of sliver name, slice name pairs in no particular order.

List the slices (and each slice's associated slivers). The return type is a list of (slice name, sliver name list) pairs in no particular order. Notice that a slice may have more than one sliver associated with it on a given component.