Class: WBEM::XMLObject

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#cmpname(name1, name2, downcase_strings = true) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb', line 134

def cmpname(name1, name2, downcase_strings = true)
    #"""Compare to CIM names.  The comparison is done
    #case-insensitvely, and one or both of the names may be None."""

    if name1.nil? and name2.nil?
        return 0
    end
    unless (name1 || name2)
        return 0
    end

    if name1.nil?
        return -1
    end

    if name2.nil?
        return 1
    end
    if (downcase_strings)
        name1.downcase <=> name2.downcase
    elsif (name2.is_a?(Boolean))
        (name2 <=> name1)*-1
    elsif (!name1.methods.include?("<=>"))
        (name1 == name2) ? 0 : 1
    elsif ((name1.nil? || name1 == false) && 
           (name2.nil? || name2 == false))
        return 0
    else
        name1 <=> name2
    end
end

#eql?(other) ⇒ Boolean

probably not the best equality method, as trivial differences such as attribute order will affect the results, but better than the default eql? method defined in object – subclasses can define this in a better way

Returns:



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# File 'lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb', line 126

def eql?(other)
    (self.toxml == other.toxml)
end

#hash ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb', line 119

def hash
    self.toxml().hash
end

#nilcmp(obj1, obj2) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb', line 130

def nilcmp(obj1, obj2)
    cmpname(obj1, obj2, false)
end

#toxml ⇒ Object

“”“Base class for objects that produce cim_xml document fragments.”“”



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# File 'lib/wbem/cim_obj.rb', line 113

def toxml
    #"""Return the XML string representation of ourselves."""
    ret = ""
    self.tocimxml().write(ret)
    return ret
end