Parse::DMIDecode::Handle(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Parse::DMIDecode::Handle(3pm)

NAME

       Parse::DMIDecode::Handle - SMBIOS Structure Handle Object Class

SYNOPSIS

	use Parse::DMIDecode qw();
	my $decoder = new Parse::DMIDecode;
	$decoder->probe;

	for my $handle ($decoder->get_handles) {
	    printf("Handle %s of type %s is %s bytes long (minus strings).
".
		   "  > Contians the following keyword data entries:
",
		    $handle->handle,
		    $handle->dmitype,
		    $handle->bytes
		);

	    for my $keyword ($handle->keywords) {
		my $value = $handle->keyword($keyword);
		printf("Keyword "%s" => "%s"
",
			$keyword,
			(ref($value) eq 'ARRAY' ?
			    join(', ',@{$value}) : ($value||''))
		    );
	    }
	}

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

   new
       Create a new struture handle object. This is called by Parse::DMIDecode's parse() (and indirectly by probe()) methods.

   raw
	my $raw_data = $handle->raw;

       Returns the raw data as generated by dmidecode that was parsed to create this handle object.

   bytes
	my $bytes = $handle->bytes;

   address
	my $address = $handle->address;

       Returns the address handle of the structure.

   handle
       Alias for address.

   dmitype
	my $dmitype = $handle->dmitype;

   type
       Alias for dmitype.

   description
	my $description = $handle->description;

   keywords
	my @keywords = $handle->keywords;

       Returns a list of keyword data pairs available for retreival from this handle object.

   keyword
	for my $keyword ($handle->keywords) {
	    printf("Keyword "%s" => "%s"
",
		    $keyword,
		    $handle->keyword($keyword)
		);
	}

   parsed_structures
	use Data::Dumper;
	my $ref = $handle->parsed_structures;
	print Dumper($ref);

       Returns a copy of the parsed structures. This should be used with care as this is a cloned copy of the parsed data structures that the
       Parse::DMIDecode::Handle object uses internally, and as such may change format in later releases without notice.

SEE ALSO

       Parse::DMIDecode

VERSION

       $Id: Handle.pm 976 2007-03-04 20:47:36Z nicolaw $

AUTHOR

       Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

       <http://perlgirl.org.uk>

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2006 Nicola Worthington.

       This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

       <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>

perl v5.10.1							    2009-12-02					     Parse::DMIDecode::Handle(3pm)