oval_syschar Struct Reference
[OVAL System Characteristics]

Characteristics bound to an Oval_object. More...

#include <oval_system_characteristics.h>


Data Fields

struct oval_syschar_modelmodel
oval_syschar_collection_flag_t flag
struct oval_collection * messages
struct oval_objectobject
struct oval_collection * variable_bindings
 Represents <variable_value> elements.
struct oval_collection * sysitem
 Represents <reference> elements.
int variable_instance
 Represents variable_instance attribute.
int variable_instance_hint
 Internal hint of the next possible variable_instance attribute.


Detailed Description

Characteristics bound to an Oval_object.

Instances of Oval_syschar provide relate an Oval_object and Oval_sysitem instances.

If an OVAL Object does not exist on the system, then an object is still provided but with the flag attribute set to 'does not exist' and with no reference child elements. This shows that the object was looked for but not found on the system. If no object element is written in this case, users of the system characteristics file will not know whether the object was not found or no attempt was made to collect it.

The flag attribute holds information regarding the outcome of the data collection. For example, if there was an error looking for items that match the object specification, then the flag would be 'error'. Please refer to the description of FlagEnumeration for details about the different flag values.


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