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(): 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.