Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Inventory - the XML abstraction
layer
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()
- The usual constructor.
- initialise()
- Runs the backend modules to initialise the data.
- getContent()
- Return the inventory as a XML string.
- printXML()
- Only for debugging purpose. Print the inventory on STDOUT.
- writeXML()
- 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()
- 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()
- At the end of the process IF the inventory was saved correctly, the
last_state is saved.
- addSection()
- A generic way to save a section in the inventory. Please avoid this
solution.
- feedSection()
- Add information in inventory.