def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def list_snapshots(self, params=None):
        """List all the snapshot."""
        url = 'snapshots'
        if params:
                url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)

        resp, body = self.get(url)
        body = json.loads(body)
        return resp, body['snapshots']