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NAME

DMTF::CIM::Instance - Provides access to instances in a DMTF::CIM model

VERSION

This document describes DMTF::CIM::Instance version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

  use DMTF::CIM::WSMan;
  my $cim=DMTF::CIM::WSMan->new();

  my $instance = $cim->get('wsman.wbem://host:623/interop:CIM_ManagedElement.InstanceID=1');

  print $instance->class
  print ":$instance->superclass" if(defined $instance->superclass);
  print "\n";
  foreach my $prop ( $instance->defined_properties ) {
      print "$prop: ",$prop->value,"\n";
  }

DESCRIPTION

This class is returned by and passed into the various "connector" DMTF::CIM modules such as DMTF::CIM::WSMan. It is not expected to be used by itself.

INTERFACE

The returned object behaves as described in the "OBJECTS" section of DMTF::CIM for non-valued objects.

METHODS

uri ( new_uri )

Returns or sets the untyped WBEM URI as defined in DSP0207.

class

Returns the class of the instance.

superclass

Returns the parent class of the instance or undef is it is a top-level class.

defined_properties

Returns a LIST of all properties which have a non-NULL value in the current instance.

all_properties

Returns a LIST of all properties in the current instance (including ones with a NULL value).

is_association

Returns a true value if the instance class is an assocation class.

property ( name )

Returns a DMTF::CIM::Instance::Property object representing the specified property name in the instance.

methods

Returns a LIST of all methods in the current instance.

method ( name )

Returns a DMTF::CIM::Instance::Method object representing the specified property name in the instance.

DIAGNOSTICS

This class carp()s and returns undef (or empty list) on all errors.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

DMTF::CIM::Instance requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-dmtf-cim-instance@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Stephen James Hurd <shurd@broadcom.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012, Broadcom Corporation <shurd@broadcom.com>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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