A CIM qualifier is an element that characterizes one of the following: CIM class, instance, property, method, or parameter. Qualifiers have the following attributes:
Type
Value
Name
In MOF syntax, each CIM qualifier must have a CIM qualifier type defined. Qualifiers do not have a scope attribute, which indicates the CIM elements that can use the qualifier. You can only define scope in the qualifier type declaration. You cannot change scope in a qualifier.
The following sample code shows the MOF syntax for a CIM qualifier type declaration. This statement defines a Boolean qualifier type which is named key, whose default value is false. This qualifier can describe only a property and a reference to an object. The DisableOverride flavor means that key qualifiers cannot change their value.
Qualifier Key : boolean = false, Scope(property, reference), Flavor(DisableOverride);
The following sample code shows the MOF syntax for a CIM qualifier. In this sample MOF file, key and description are qualifiers for the property a. The property data type is an integer with the property name a.
{ [key, Description("test")] int a; };
A qualifier flavor is a flag that governs the use of a qualifier. Flavors describe rules that specify whether a qualifier can be propagated to derived classes and instances. Rules also determine whether a derived class or instance can override the qualifier's original value.
This example sets a list of CIM qualifiers for a new class to the qualifiers in its superclass.
{ try { cimSuperClass = cimClient.getClass(new CIMObjectPath(scName)); Vector v = new Vector(); for (Enumeration e = cimSuperClass.getQualifiers().elements(); e.hasMoreElements();) { CIMQualifier qual = (CIMQualifier) ((CIMQualifier)e.nextElement()).clone(); v.addElement(qual); } cimClass.setQualifiers(v); } catch (CIMException exc) { return; } } ...