NAME DOCSIS::ConfigFile - Decodes and encodes DOCSIS config-files VERSION 0.60 SYNOPSIS use DOCSIS::ConfigFile; use YAML; my $obj = DOCSIS::ConfigFile->new( shared_secret => '', # default advanced_output => 0, # default ); $obj->shared_secret("foobar"); my $encoded = $obj->encode([ {...}, {...}, ... ]); my $decoded = $obj->decode($filename); $obj->advanced_output(1); my $dec_adv = $obj->decode(\$encoded); print YAML::Dump($decoded); # see simple config in YAML format print YAML::Dump($dec_adv); # see advanced config in YAML format DESCRIPTION An instance from this class can be used to encode or decode (Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications) config files. These files are usually served using a TFTP server, after a or MTA (Multimedia Terminal Adapter) has recevied an IP address from a DHCP server. These files are binary encode using a variety of functions, but all the data in the file are constructed by TLVs (type-length-value) blocks. These can be nested and concatenated. This module is used as a layer between any human readable data and the binary structure. The config file in human readable format can look something like this: [ { name => NetworkAccess => value => 1 }, { name => GlobalPrivacyEnable => value => 1 }, { name => MaxCPE => value => 10 }, { name => BaselinePrivacy => nested => [ { name => AuthTimeout => value => 10 }, { name => ReAuthTimeout => value => 10 }, { name => AuthGraceTime => value => 600 }, { name => OperTimeout => value => 1 }, { name => ReKeyTimeout => value => 1 }, { name => TEKGraceTime => value => 600 }, { name => AuthRejectTimeout => value => 60 }, { name => SAMapWaitTimeout => value => 1 }, { name => SAMapMaxRetries => value => 4 } ] }, ] There is also an optional "advanced_output" flag which can include more information, but this is what is required/default: An array-ref of hash-refs, containing a "name" and a "value" (or "nested" for nested data structures). The rest will this module figure out. FAULT HANDLING As for version 0.60, this module has changed from holding errors in an attribute to actively reporting errors, using "confess()", "carp()" and the module autodie for reporting system errors from "open()" and friends. Constructing the object, and changing attribute values are still safe to do, but "encode" and "decode" might die. METHODS new(%args) Object constructor. Arguments can be: shared_secret => Shared secret in encoded cm config file advanced_output => Advanced decoded config format mibs => will set $ENV{MIBS} to load custom mibs decode Decodes a binary config-file. Needs only one of these arguments: Filehandle, path to file or reference to a binary string. Returns an array-ref of hashes, containing the config as a perl data structure. encode Encodes an array of hashes, containing the DOCSIS config-file settings. Takes only on argument: An array-ref of hashes. Returns a binary string. shared_secret Sets or gets the shared secret. advanced_output Sets weither advanced output should be enabled. Takes 0 or 1 as argument. Advanced output is off (0) by default. CONSTANTS Decode Returns DOCSIS::ConfigFile::Decode. Encode Returns DOCSIS::ConfigFile::Encode. Syminfo Returns DOCSIS::ConfigFile::Syminfo. AUTHOR Jan Henning Thorsen, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-docsis-perl at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc DOCSIS::ConfigFile You can also look for information at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COPYRIGHT & LICENSE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Copyright (c) 2007 Jan Henning Thorsen This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. DOCSIS is a registered trademark of Cablelabs, http://www.cablelabs.com This module got its inspiration from the program docsis, http://docsis.sf.net.