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Dicop-Server-3.03
/ Dicop::Data::Jobtype

NAME

Dicop::Data::Jobtype - a job type in the dicop system

SYNOPSIS

use Dicop::Data::Jobtype;

REQUIRES

perl5.005, Exporter, Dicop::Item, Dicop

EXPORTS

Exports nothing on default.

DESCRIPTION

For a description of fields a jobtype has, see doc/Objects.pod.

METHODS

extra_fieldnames

@fields = $jobtype->extra_fieldnames();

Returns the names of the extra fields nec. for jobs of this type as an array.

extra_files

@files = $jobtype->extra_files($architecture);

Return list of extra filenames necc. for this jobtype, the files are relative to the worker dir, e.g. read linux/this.file.

get_as_string

Return a field of the object as an ASCII string suitable for HTML output:

$object->get_as_string('foo');

get_as_hex

Return a field of the object as an hexified string, or as a fallback, as normal string via get_as_string. The hexify happens only for certain special fields, all other are returned as simple strings:

$object->get_as_hex('foo');

get

Return the value of a specified field of the object:

$object->get('foo');

change

Change a field's value after checking that the field can be changed (via can_change) and checking the new value. If the new value does not conform to the expected format, it will be silently modifed (f.i. invalid characters might be removed) and then the change will happen:

$object->change('foo','bar');   # will change $object->{foo} to bar
				# if foo can be changed

can_change

Return true if the field's value can be changed.

die ("Can not change field $field\n") if !$object->can_change($field);

BUGS

None known yet.

AUTHOR

(c) Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik 1998-2006

DiCoP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

See http://www.bsi.de/ for more information.