Getting objects instead of string for few properties

Hi,

I am retrieving tasks from vCenter using:

from pyVmomi import vim
from pyVim import connect
import datetime

si = connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(host="1.2.3.4", user="user@domain", pwd="password")

time = datetime.datetime.now()
time2 = time - datetime.timedelta(hours=1)

tfs = vim.TaskFilterSpec(entity=None, userName=None, alarm=None, scheduledTask=None,
                         time=vim.TaskFilterSpec.ByTime(beginTime=time2,
                                                        timeType=vim.TaskFilterSpec.TimeOption("queuedTime")))

tc = si.content.taskManager.CreateCollectorForTasks(tfs)
tlist = tc.ReadNextTasks(maxCount=100)
print tlist

I am getting one of the tasks as below:

(vim.TaskInfo) {
      dynamicType = <unset>,
      dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
      key = 'task-22649',
      task = 'vim.Task:task-22649',
      description = <unset>,
      name = vim.host.DatastoreSystem.RemoveDatastore,
      descriptionId = 'host.DatastoreSystem.removeDatastore',
      entity = 'vim.Datastore:datastore-2013',
      entityName = 'Test123-VMware',
      locked = (vim.ManagedEntity) [],
      state = 'error',
      cancelled = false,
      cancelable = false,
      error = (vim.fault.ResourceInUse) {
         dynamicType = <unset>,
         dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
         msg = "The resource 'Test123-VMware' is in use.",
         faultCause = <unset>,
         faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],
         type = vim.Datastore,
         name = 'Test123-VMware'
      },
      result = <unset>,
      progress = <unset>,
      reason = (vim.TaskReasonUser) {
         dynamicType = <unset>,
         dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
         userName = 'CDS.COM\\pratik.makwana'
      },
      queueTime = 2017-11-23T12:39:48.048Z,
      startTime = 2017-11-23T12:39:48.054999Z,
      completeTime = 2017-11-23T12:39:48.064999Z,
      eventChainId = 2746540,
      changeTag = <unset>,
      parentTaskKey = <unset>,
      rootTaskKey = <unset>,
      activationId = ''
   }

So, I am getting objects as the value in "name" and "error.type", while they are documented as Strings in documentation.

We are facing an issue when we try to convert this task object to a JSON.
e.g. for "name" attribute JSON have something like this:
<pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.ManagedMethod object at 0x0342BB50>

Is there any way to convert these properties to string?

Thanks,
Kashyap

Start with the reported vim.TaskInfo output and the JSON conversion attempt, focusing on the name and error.type properties. Inspect how pyVmomi exposes these values and whether the project documents a supported serialization path; done means the behavior is explained and a reproducible conversion outcome is established.