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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/server/plugins/grouping/metadata.txt | 29 |
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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/grouping/metadata.txt b/doc/server/plugins/grouping/metadata.txt index c52ac7612..305857578 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/grouping/metadata.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/grouping/metadata.txt @@ -276,22 +276,37 @@ A special client metadata class is available to the MetadataQuery ------------- -This class provides query routines for the servers Metadata. +This class provides query methods for the metadata of all clients +known to the Bcfg2 server. Note that ``*by_groups()`` and +``*by_profiles()`` behave differently; for a client to be included in +the return value of a ``by_groups()`` method, it must be a member of +*all* groups listed in the argument; for a client to be included in +the return value of a ``by_profiles()`` method, it must have any group +listed as its profile group. +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ | Method | Description | Value | +==============================+================================================+===================+ | by_name(client) | Get ClientMetadata object for 'client' | ClientMetadata | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| names_by_groups(groups) | All client names in the list of 'groups' | List | +| by_groups(groups) | Get ClientMetadata object for clients in all | List of | +| | listed groups | ClientMetadata | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| names_by_profiles(profiles) | All client names in the list of 'profiles' | List | +| by_profiles(client) | Get ClientMetadata objects for clients whose | List of | +| | profile matches any listed profile group | ClientMetadata | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| all_clients() | All known client hostnames | List | +| names_by_groups(groups) | Get the names of all clients in all listed | List of strings | +| | groups | | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| all_groups() | All known group names | List | +| names_by_profiles(profiles) | Get the names of clients whose profile matches | List of strings | +| | any listed profile group | | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| all_groups_in_category(cat) | All groups in category 'cat' | List | +| all_clients() | All known client hostnames | List of strings | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -| all() | Get ClientMetadata for all clients | List | +| all_groups() | All known group names | List of strings | ++------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ +| all_groups_in_category(cat) | The names of all groups in category 'cat' | List of strings | ++------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ +| all() | Get ClientMetadata for all clients | List of | +| | | ClientMetadata | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ |