cfnow_inspectXML_v1.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MiqAeDatastore version="1.0">
  <MiqAeClass name="methods" namespace="cfnow" description="methods" display_name="methods">
    <MiqAeMethod name="inspectXML" language="ruby" scope="instance" location="inline" display_name="inspectXML"><![CDATA[# John Hardy
# CloudFORMSNOW.com
# v 1.0

require 'rubygems'
require 'fileutils'
require "rexml/document"
require 'rexml/formatters/default'

def get_options(options,type,node)
  newnode = node.add_element "#{type}", {"count"=>"#{options.count.to_s}"}
  options.sort.each do | k,v |
    newnewelem = newnode.add_element "#{k}"
        newnewelem.add_text "#{v}"
  end
end

def get_attr(attributes,node)
  newnode = node.add_element "attributes", {"count"=>"#{attributes.count.to_s}"}
   attributes.sort.each do | attr,val | 
   if val.kind_of?(Hash) || val.is_a?(Array)
      get_options(val,attr,newnode)
   else 
      if attr != "ems_ref_obj" 
        newnewelem = newnode.add_element "#{attr}"
        newnewelem.add_text "#{val}"
      end
   end
  end
end

def get_virtcols(virtualcolumns,node)
  newnode = node.add_element "virtual_columns", {"count"=>"#{@obj.virtual_column_names.count.to_s}"}
  virtualcolumns.sort.each do | attr,val |
    newnewelem = newnode.add_element "#{attr}"
    begin 
      command = "@obj.#{attr}"
      virt_col_val = eval(command)
      newnewelem.add_text "#{virt_col_val}"
    rescue => err
    puts err
    end    
  end
end

def get_associations(associations,node) 
 newnode = node.add_element "associations", {"count"=>"#{@obj.associations.count.to_s}"}
  associations.sort.each do | assoc |
    newnewelem = newnode.add_element "#{assoc}"
    begin 
      command = "@obj.#{assoc}.attributes"
      attributes = eval(command)
      get_attr(attributes,newnewelem)
    rescue => err
    puts err
    end    
  end
end

#Create XML Doc and Root node.
doc = REXML::Document.new("<?xml version='1.0?>")

#Grab the current object and its type
@object_type = $evm.root['vmdb_object_type']
@obj = $evm.root[@object_type]

el = doc.add_element "root" 
e2 = el.add_element "#{@obj.name}", {"type"=>"#{@object_type.to_s}","count"=>"#{@obj.attributes.count.to_s}"}

#get the attributes
attributes = @obj.attributes
get_attr(attributes,e2)

#get the virtual columns
virtualcolumns = @obj.virtual_column_names
get_virtcols(virtualcolumns,e2)

#get the associoations
associations = @obj.associations
get_associations(associations,e2)

bar = REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new
out = String.new
bar.compact = true
bar.write(doc, out)

#send to screen
puts out

#dump to file
chewy = File.open("/tmp/#{@obj.name}.xml","w")
chewy.write(out)

exit MIQ_OK]]>    </MiqAeMethod>
    <MiqAeSchema>
      <MiqAeField name="execute" substitute="true" aetype="method" datatype="string" priority="1" message="create">
      </MiqAeField>
    </MiqAeSchema>
    <MiqAeInstance name="inspectXML" display_name="inspectXML" description="inspectXML">
      <MiqAeField name="execute">
inspectXML      </MiqAeField>
    </MiqAeInstance>
  </MiqAeClass>
</MiqAeDatastore>