Ocsinve...nventory(3)

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version 2.10.5 · 12 versions
, in epel 9

✨ NAME ✨

Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Inventory — the XML abstraction layer, bestie 💅

Like, that's the whole vibe. It's the layer that handles the XML side of things so you don't have to 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so real talk: OCS Inventory ships all its data around as XML. This module is the abstraction layer that deals with that 🫶

It's mostly used in the backend module, where it's generally called $inventory — that's just its little nickname, iykyk 😌

🌸 the methods (yes, all of them) 🌸

  • new() — the usual constructor. Nothing chaotic, just classic constructor behaviour ✨
  • initialise() — runs the backend modules so the data actually gets initialised. Gotta set the stage before the main character energy shows up 👑
  • getContent() — hands you back the inventory as an XML string. That's it, that's the whole job 💖
  • printXML() — only for debugging purposes, no cap. It prints the inventory straight to STDOUT 🙈
  • writeXML() — saves the generated inventory as an XML file. The 'local' key of the config is what tells it where the file has to be saved — so like, don't lose track of that key fr fr 🗂️
  • processChecksum() — computes the <CHECKSUM/> field. The server uses this info to know which parts of the XML have changed since the last inventory, which is honestly iconic behaviour ⭐

This is done thanks to the last_file file — it carries the MD5 prints of the previous inventory 🧚

  • saveLastState() — at the end of the process, IF the inventory was saved correctly, the last_state gets saved. That's a big if, bestie 😭
  • addSection() — a generic way to save a section in the inventory. But like… please avoid this solution 💀 (the manpage said it, not me)
  • feedSection() — adds information into the inventory 🍓
🌈 Quick vibe check: printXML() is debug-only, and addSection() is very much a "last resort, avoid if you can" situation. Respect the notes, bestie 💜

Slay, that's the whole page 🎀 This little gem lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and it's from perl v5.32.1, dated 2026-06-05 — periodt, that's a wrap 💅✨🦋

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