NAME
Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Inventory - the XML abstraction layer
DESCRIPTION
OCS Inventory uses XML for the data transmission. The module is the abstraction layer. It's mostly used in the backend module where it called $inventory in general.
- new()
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The usual constructor.
- initialise()
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Runs the backend modules to initialise the data.
- getContent()
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Return the inventory as a XML string.
- printXML()
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Only for debugging purpose. Print the inventory on STDOUT.
- writeXML()
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Save the generated inventory as an XML file. The 'local' key of the config is used to know where the file as to be saved.
- processChecksum()
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Compute the <CHECKSUM/> field. This information is used by the server to know which parts of the XML have changed since the last inventory.
The is done thank to the last_file file. It has MD5 prints of the previous inventory.
- saveLastState()
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At the end of the process IF the inventory was saved correctly, the last_state is saved.
- addSection()
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A generic way to save a section in the inventory. Please avoid this solution.
- feedSection()
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Add information in inventory.