NAME
DMTF::CIM::Instance::Method - Provides access to methods from a DMTF::CIM::Instance
VERSION
This document describes DMTF::CIM::Instance::Method version 0.04
SYNOPSIS
use DMTF::CIM::WSMan;
my $cim=DMTF::CIM::WSMan->new();
my $instance = $cim->get('wsman.wbem://host:623/interop:CIM_ManagedElement.InstanceID=1');
$instance->method->Invoke(param=>value);DESCRIPTION
This class is returned by the method method of DMTF::CIM::Instance::Method It is not expected to be used by itself.
INTERFACE
The returned object behaves as described in the "OBJECTS" section of DMTF::CIM for valued objects. The return value is the value of the method.
METHODS
new ( [ method=>method_def ] )-
Creates a new property with the CIM property description property_def and a value stored at valueref.
parameter( name )-
Returns a valued object as described in DMTF::CIM for the named parameter.
parameters-
Returns a list of all in and out parameters for the method.
in_params-
Returns a list of all input parameters for the method.
out_params-
Returns a list of all output parameters for the method.
clear_parameters-
Removes all values from all the associated parameters.
invoke-
Invokes the method with the currently set parameter values and sets the value of the method object to be the return value.
Note that some parameters may be present in both in_params and out_params.
DIAGNOSTICS
This class carp()s and returns undef (or empty list) on all errors.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
DMTF::CIM::Instance::Property requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
None.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-dmtf-cim-instance@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
AUTHOR
Stephen James Hurd <shurd@broadcom.com>
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2012, Broadcom Corporation <shurd@broadcom.com>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.
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