#
# dmidecode.py
# Module front-end for the python-dmidecode module.
#
# Copyright 2009 David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
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import libxml2
from dmidecodemod import *
DMIXML_NODE='n'
DMIXML_DOC='d'
class dmidecodeXML:
"Native Python API for retrieving dmidecode information as XML"
def __init__(self):
self.restype = DMIXML_NODE;
def SetResultType(self, type):
"""
Sets the result type of queries. The value can be DMIXML_NODE or DMIXML_DOC,
which will return an libxml2::xmlNode or libxml2::xmlDoc object, respectively
"""
if type == DMIXML_NODE:
self.restype = DMIXML_NODE
elif type == DMIXML_DOC:
self.restype = DMIXML_DOC
else:
raise TypeError, "Invalid result type value"
return True
def QuerySection(self, sectname):
"""
Queries the DMI data structure for a given section name. A section
can often contain several DMI type elements
"""
if self.restype == DMIXML_NODE:
ret = libxml2.xmlNode( _obj = xmlapi(query_type='s',
result_type=self.restype,
section=sectname) )
elif self.restype == DMIXML_DOC:
ret = libxml2.xmlDoc( _obj = xmlapi(query_type='s',
result_type=self.restype,
section=sectname) )
else:
raise TypeError, "Invalid result type value"
return ret
def QueryTypeId(self, tpid):
"""
Queries the DMI data structure for a specific DMI type.
"""
if self.restype == DMIXML_NODE:
ret = libxml2.xmlNode( _obj = xmlapi(query_type='t',
result_type=self.restype,
typeid=tpid))
elif self.restype == DMIXML_DOC:
ret = libxml2.xmlDoc( _obj = xmlapi(query_type='t',
result_type=self.restype,
typeid=tpid))
else:
raise TypeError, "Invalid result type value"
return ret