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).\n".
                   "  > Contians the following keyword data entries:\n",
                    $handle->handle,
                    $handle->dmitype,
                    $handle->bytes
                );

            for my $keyword ($handle->keywords) {
                my $value = $handle->keyword($keyword);
                printf("Keyword \"%s\" => \"%s\"\n",
                        $keyword,
                        (ref($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\"\n",
                    $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>