oval_variable Struct Reference
OVAL Definitions

An oval variable resolves an oval_value stream which specifies constraints for oval_object s and oval_state s. More...

`#include <oval_definitions.h>`

## Public Member Functions

struct oval_variable * | oval_variable_new (struct oval_definition_model *model, const char *id, oval_variable_type_t type)
| Construct new instance of oval_variable. More...
struct oval_variable * | oval_variable_clone (struct oval_definition_model *new_model, struct oval_variable *old_variable)
| Clone instance of oval_variable and add it to the specified oval_definition_model. More...
void | oval_variable_free (struct oval_variable *)
| Free instance of oval_variable.
Setters
void | oval_variable_set_comment (struct oval_variable *, char *comment)
| set attribute oval_variable->comment. More...
void | oval_variable_set_version (struct oval_variable *, int version)
| set attribute oval_variable->version. More...
void | oval_variable_set_deprecated (struct oval_variable *, bool deprecated)
| set attribute oval_variable->deprecated. More...
void | oval_variable_set_datatype (struct oval_variable *, oval_datatype_t)
| set attribute oval_variable->datatype. More...
void | oval_variable_add_value (struct oval_variable *, struct oval_value *)
| Append an instance of Oval_value to the attribute Oval_constant->values. More...
void | oval_variable_set_component (struct oval_variable *, struct oval_component *component)
| Bind an instance of Oval_component to the attribute Oval_local->component. More...
Getters
char * | oval_variable_get_id (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->id. More...
char * | oval_variable_get_comment (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->comment. More...
int | oval_variable_get_version (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->version.
bool | oval_variable_get_deprecated (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->deprecated.
oval_variable_type_t | oval_variable_get_type (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->type.
oval_datatype_t | oval_variable_get_datatype (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute oval_variable->datatype.
struct oval_value_iterator * | oval_variable_get_values (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute Oval_external/Oval_constant->values. More...
struct oval_component * | oval_variable_get_component (struct oval_variable *)
| Returns attribute Oval_local->component. More...
const char * | oval_component_type_get_text (oval_component_type_t type)
| Returns attribute Oval_component_type->text.

## Data Fields

| VAR_BASE

## Detailed Description

An oval variable resolves an oval_value stream which specifies constraints for oval_object s and oval_state s.

- if oval_variable_type == OVAL_VARIABLE_EXTERNAL
  - The value stream is determined by oval_definition_model_bind_variable_model
- if oval_variable_type == OVAL_VARIABLE_CONSTANT
  - The value stream is determined by a set of specified constants (see oval_variable_add_value)
- if oval_variable_type == OVAL_VARIABLE_LOCAL
  - The value stream is specified by either a single component or a complex function, meaning that a value can be as simple as a literal string or as complex as multiple registry keys concatenated together. Note that if an individual component is used and it returns multiple values, then there will be multiple values associated with the Oval_local. For example, if an object is specified as the local source and it references a file object that identifies a set of 5 files, then the local variable would represent these 5 values.

The documentation for this struct was generated from the following files:

- oval_variable.c
- oval_definitions.h