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NAME

Parse::DMIDecode::Handle - SMBIOS Structure Handle Object Class

SYNOPSIS

 use Parse::DMIDecode qw();
 my $decoder = new Parse::DMIDecode;
 $decoder->probe;
 
 for my $handle ($decoder->get_handles) {
     printf("Handle %s of type %s is %s bytes long (minus strings).\n".
            "  > Contians the following keyword data entries:\n",
             $handle->handle,
             $handle->dmitype,
             $handle->bytes
         );
 
     for my $keyword ($handle->keywords) {
         my $value = $handle->keyword($keyword);
         printf("Keyword \"%s\" => \"%s\"\n",
                 $keyword,
                 (ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ?
                     join(', ',@{$value}) : ($value||''))
             );
     }
 }

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

new

Create a new struture handle object. This is called by Parse::DMIDecode's parse() (and indirectly by probe()) methods.

raw

 my $raw_data = $handle->raw;

Returns the raw data as generated by dmidecode that was parsed to create this handle object.

bytes

 my $bytes = $handle->bytes;

address

 my $address = $handle->address;

Returns the address handle of the structure.

handle

Alias for address.

dmitype

 my $dmitype = $handle->dmitype;

type

Alias for dmitype.

description

 my $description = $handle->description;

keywords

 my @keywords = $handle->keywords;

Returns a list of keyword data pairs available for retreival from this handle object.

keyword

 for my $keyword ($handle->keywords) {
     printf("Keyword \"%s\" => \"%s\"\n",
             $keyword,
             $handle->keyword($keyword)
         );
 }

parsed_structures

 use Data::Dumper;
 my $ref = $handle->parsed_structures;
 print Dumper($ref);

Returns a copy of the parsed structures. This should be used with care as this is a cloned copy of the parsed data structures that the Parse::DMIDecode::Handle object uses internally, and as such may change format in later releases without notice.

SEE ALSO

Parse::DMIDecode

VERSION

$Id: Handle.pm 976 2007-03-04 20:47:36Z nicolaw $

AUTHOR

Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

http://perlgirl.org.uk

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006 Nicola Worthington.

This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0