3(2005-06-09)

💖 CMPIValue — CMPIValue class implementation 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about CMPIValue, a section 3 manual page (yes, the library-functions girlies) 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

CMPIValue — the CMPIValue class implementation 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

🎀 Public Attributes 🎀

so here's the whole cast of characters, every single one, no cuts 🔥

• CMPIUint64 uint64 — the unsigned 64-bit one 💜
• CMPIUint32 uint32 — unsigned 32-bit, iconic
• CMPIUint16 uint16 — unsigned 16-bit, small but mighty
• CMPIUint8 uint8 — the littlest unsigned, still slaying
• CMPISint64 sint64 — signed 64-bit, main character energy
• CMPISint32 sint32 — signed 32-bit, present and accounted for
• CMPISint16 sint16 — signed 16-bit, doing its thing
• CMPISint8 sint8 — signed 8-bit, tiny legend
• CMPIReal64 real64 — 64-bit real, float but make it fancy 💫
• CMPIReal32 real32 — 32-bit real, the little sibling
• CMPIBoolean boolean — true or false, no in-between, periodt
• CMPIChar16 char16 — a 16-bit char, living her best life
• CMPIInstance * inst — pointer to a CMPIInstance 🫶
• CMPIObjectPath * ref — pointer to a CMPIObjectPath
• CMPIArgs * args — pointer to CMPIArgs
• CMPIEnumeration * Enum — pointer to CMPIEnumeration
• CMPIArray * array — pointer to CMPIArray
• CMPIString * string — pointer to CMPIString
• char * chars — a raw char *, unfiltered
• CMPIDateTime * dateTime — pointer to CMPIDateTime ⏰
• CMPIValuePtr dataPtr — a CMPIValuePtr
• CMPISint8 Byte — signed 8-bit, aliased as Byte
• CMPISint16 Short — signed 16-bit, aliased as Short
• CMPISint32 Int — signed 32-bit, aliased as Int
• CMPISint64 Long — signed 64-bit, aliased as Long
• CMPIReal32 Float — 32-bit real, aliased as Float
• CMPIReal64 Double — 64-bit real, aliased as Double

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👑 METHODS 👑

the whole method lineup, signature-for-signature, because we do NOT abbreviate here:

void native_release_CMPIValue (CMPIType type, CMPIValue *val)
CMPIValue native_clone_CMPIValue (CMPIType type, CMPIValue *val,
    CMPIStatus *rc)
char * pathToChars (CMPIObjectPath *cop, CMPIStatus *rc, char *str, int
    uri)
char * value2CharsUri (CMPIType type, CMPIValue *value, int uri)
char * value2Chars (CMPIType type, CMPIValue *value)
char * keytype2Chars (CMPIType type)
CMPIValue * getKeyValueTypePtr (char *type, char *value,
    XtokValueReference *ref, CMPIValue *val, CMPIType *typ)
CMPIType guessType (char *val)
CMPIValue str2CMPIValue (CMPIType type, char *val, XtokValueReference
    *ref)

• native_release_CMPIValue — hands you a void and takes a CMPIType plus a CMPIValue *. the native release one 💅
• native_clone_CMPIValue — takes the same CMPIType and CMPIValue *, plus a CMPIStatus *rc, and gives back a CMPIValue. it's the clone. the native one.
• pathToChars — CMPIObjectPath *cop, CMPIStatus *rc, char *str, int uri walk in, a char * walks out 🦋
• value2CharsUri — CMPIType type, CMPIValue *value, int uri → char *
• value2Chars — CMPIType type, CMPIValue *value → char * (no uri, she's minimal)
• keytype2Chars — one CMPIType type in, one char * out
• getKeyValueTypePtr — takes char *type, char *value, XtokValueReference *ref, CMPIValue *val, CMPIType *typ and returns a CMPIValue *
• guessType — char *val in, CMPIType out. she guesses. respectfully. 🙈
• str2CMPIValue — CMPIType type, char *val, XtokValueReference *ref → CMPIValue

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this is the CMPIValue class implementation, and what it represents is the Encapsulated value objects ✨

this is the native CMPIValue implementation, the one as used for remote providers. it reflects the well-defined interface of a regular CMPIValue — but plot twist — it works independently from the management broker. she doesn't need the broker's approval, she's self-sufficient 💅

it's part of a native broker implementation that simulates CMPI data types rather than interacting with the entities in a full-grown CIMOM. yes, she's doing an impression. yes, it's convincing. no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) - OpenGroup 🫶

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bestie reminder: this is section 3, so it's the library-functions shelf, not the commands shelf. go read it in good health 💖

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and that's the page, mwah 😘 this came to you from the SFCBroker Client Library, sfcc, dated 3(2005-06-09) — an absolute vintage icon, she's been serving since 2005 and she has not missed a day 🎀✨💜