On Dec 17, 2004, at 4:02 PM, David Landgren wrote:
The biggest problem I see is how to avoid having to sketch out
everything up front. I think it's only after I get 3 or 4
Printer::Status::x::y modules under my belt that I'll *begin* to get a
feel for where the divisions lie and what methods
David Landgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The fact that it uses http is incidental. If HP bothered to supply a
half-decent MIB, SNMP would be a good alternative.
What does MIB stand for?
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Terrence Brannon wrote:
David Landgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The fact that it uses http is incidental. If HP bothered to supply a
half-decent MIB, SNMP would be a good alternative.
What does MIB stand for?
Men In Black. ;)
Oh, you mean the geek version... MIB stands for
--- Ken Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I were you I'd not use classes to model that part of it. Just
have
a Printer::Status::HP4500 (or HP::HP4500 or whatever) object with a
components() or consumables() method that returns a hash mapping name
to properties. E.g.:
If you say you're
On Dec 18, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Ovid wrote:
--- Ken Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I were you I'd not use classes to model that part of it. Just
have
a Printer::Status::HP4500 (or HP::HP4500 or whatever) object with a
components() or consumables() method that returns a hash mapping name
to
--- Ken Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, but if the method interfaces are going to be different for
different printers (because they have different consumables), then
you're going to have to use if($status-can('toner')) etc. instead of
if(exists $status-{toner}) etc. I find the
Ovid wrote:
--- Ken Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I were you I'd not use classes to model that part of it. Just
have
a Printer::Status::HP4500 (or HP::HP4500 or whatever) object with a
components() or consumables() method that returns a hash mapping name
to properties. E.g.:
If you say
List,
I have some code that queries an HP LaserJet 4600 printer to retrieve a
web page, that I then scrape to pick out the values of the various
consumables it has (CMYK cartridges and other kits).
The fact that it uses http is incidental. If HP bothered to supply a
half-decent MIB, SNMP would
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 21:21 +0100, David Landgren wrote:
List,
I have some code that queries an HP LaserJet 4600 printer to retrieve a
web page, that I then scrape to pick out the values of the various
consumables it has (CMYK cartridges and other kits).
The fact that it uses http is
