NAME

BGPmon::Translator::XFB2PerlHash - convert an XFB message into a Perl hash

This module converts an XML message to a nested hash data structure and provides an interface to get a stringified representation of the data structure as well as the ability to extract individual subtrees from the nested structure.

SYNOPSIS

use BGPmon::Translator::XFB2PerlHash;

my $xml_string = '...

#Convering and soring the xml message

my %hash = translate_msg($xml_string);

#printing the data in an easier-to-read way

print toString();

#printing the port number of the peer that passed us this message

my $result = get_content('/BGP_MONITOR_MESSAGE/SOURCE/PORT/content');

print $result;

#Printing all the prefixes found in the NLRI section

$result = get_content('/BGP_MONITOR_MESSAGE/bgp:UPDATE/bgp:NLRI/');

print $_->{'ADDRESS'}->{'content'} foreach (@$result);

#Resetting the module

reset();

EXPORT

translate_msg toString get_content reset get_error_code get_error_msg get_error_message

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

translate_msg

Converts an XML message into a Perl hash structure while maintaining the structure of the message itself.

Input: The XML string to be parsed

Output: A perl hash structure that contains the converted string or an empty hash if there is no string provided or the XML parser fails

toString

Returns a printable version of the most recent XML message that was parsed with translate_msg. If there is no such message, returns the empty string.

get_content

Returns a reference to an element or attribute of the most recent XML message translated via translate_msg.

Input: A slash-delimited string which gives the path through the message tree structure, i.e. "/ROOT_TAG/NEXT_TAG/attribute_name" NOTE: To get the text contents of an element, specify "/content" as the final "node" in the target string.

Output: A reference to the appropriate content if found. undef if no such information is found

reset

Resets the module's state variables

get_error_code

Get the error code for some function

Input : the name of the function whose error code we should report

Output: the function's error code or UNDEFINED_ARGUMENT if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function name

get_error_message

Get the error message for some function

Input : the name of the function whose error message we should report

Output: the function's error message or UNDEFINED_ARGUMENT if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function name

get_error_msg

Get the error message

This function is identical to get_error_message

ERROR CODES AND MESSAGES

The following error codes and messages are defined:

    0:  No Error
        'No Error. Life is good.'

    601:    There has been no XML message passed through translate_msg
        'No XML message provided'

    602:    No argument was passed to a function expecting one
        'Undefined argument'

    603:    An invalid function name was passed to get_error_[code/message/msg]
        'Invalid Function Name Specified'

    604:    The XML parser failed
        'XML Parser Error'

    605:    There was no information found at the location passed to 
get_content
        'No such element/attribute exists'

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bgpmon at netsec.colostate.edu, or through the web interface at http://bgpmon.netsec.colostate.edu.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc BGPmon::Translator::XFB2PerlHash

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012 Colorado State University

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
    obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
    files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
    restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
    copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
    sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
    the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
    conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
    OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
    HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
    WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
    OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.\

    File: XFB2PerlHash.pm

    Authors: M. Lawrence Weikum, Jason Bartlett, Kaustubh Gadkari, Dan Massey, Cathie Olschanowsky
    Date: 13 October 2013

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