Create creates a new node api object with the given hostname, slave attribute labels and annotations.

CreateOrUpdate creates a node api object or updates an existing one.

IsNotSlaveAttributeLabel returns true iff the given label is not derived from a slave attribute.

IsSlaveAttributeLabel returns true iff the given label is derived from a slave attribute.

IsUpToDate returns true iff the node's slave labels match the given attributes labels.

SlaveAttributesToLabels converts slave attributes into string key/value labels.

Update updates an existing node api object by looking up the given hostname.