Re: [Config4gnu-developer] Writing non-perl Parsers

[Tiago C. <cog...@li...>]

On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 20:25, Jason Long wrote:
> Hmmm... where did you find that example? I ask because I vaguely remember
> seeing that or writing that at one time but I don't remember anymore where
Downloaded c4g 0.1.8 and it was located under data/parsers/runlevels.xml

> it was. In any case I don't think there's any code that actually uses it. If
> there is, it probably ignores the type attribute and just ignores perl. The
> idea is that at some future point the system would handle a multitude of
> different languages.
I didn't understand how yet :(

> 
> At any rate, it's been a while since I've worked on the XML-based stuff so
> my memory is fuzzy. Lately my parsers have been in the form of WBEM
> providers written in Perl. In this case, the WBEM server is responsible for
> invoking the parsers, so the parsers can be in any language supported by the
> WBEM server. The OpenWBEM server (which I use) supports C++ natively, and
> Perl through an interface layer I wrote.
> 
> My hope is that the WBEM standards (see
> http://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem/) will eventually become a common way to
> manage all sorts of computer systems (including GNU/Linux).
What are the advantages of WBEM, it seems to be oriented to enterprise
only. Is it suited to desktop too? At a very superficial glance it
looked like a CORBA kind of interface, am i wrong?

I want to try to develop a network configuration backend, where should i
start? Should extend the perl module bundled with c4g or there is
another way?

> 
> Jason Long
> 
> 
> 
> >>> cog...@li... 5/30/04 8:09:19 AM >>>
> Hello all,
> I've come across this nifty project just yesterday, and it is exactly
> what i thought linux was missing. Congratulations for this very
> interesting initiative.
> 
> My interest in this projects come in two ways: i want to learn how to
> create a non-perl based parser. And then i want to play with Gtk+C or
> pygtk with a simple frontend.
> 
> What i figured so far is that for creating a parser you create something
> like:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>  
> <parser uid="runlevels" type="normal">
>  <name>Runlevels</name>
>  
>  <readcommand type="perl"><![CDATA[
>     use CFGXML::Runlevels;
>     my $parser = CFGXML::Runlevels->new;
>     my $doc = $parser->get;
>     my $xml_pi = $doc->createXMLDecl('1.0');
>     print $xml_pi->toString;
>     print $doc->toString;
>  ]]></readcommand>
>  
>   <writecommand type="perl"><![CDATA[
>         use CFGXML::Parser::Ini;
>         my $parser = CFGXML::Parser::Ini->new;
>         $parser->run("unparse");
>   ]]></writecommand>
>  
>   <default-configfile>/etc/samba/smb.conf</default-configfile>
> </parser>
> 
> This seems very clear to me on how it works. But if i want to implement
> the parser in another language/method then perl, how do i do it?
> Which is the type attribute?
> What if it does not a configuration file, is it enforced to use that
> tag?
> How does the parser speak with the middle layer?
> Do you prefer people to write parsers in perl?
> 
> Thank you for your time :)
> 
> Tiago Cogumbreiro
> 
> 
> 
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