- Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language -
Deprecation Report

< ldap_item >

Deprecated As Of Version: 5.7
Reason: Replaced by the ldap57_item. This item allows for single fields to be selected from a ldap. A new item was created to allow more than one field to be selected in one statement. See the ldap57_item.
Comment: This object has been deprecated and may be removed in a future version of the language.

This element holds information about specific entries in the LDAP directory. It extends the standard ItemType as defined in the oval-system-characteristics schema and one should refer to the ItemType description for more information.


< sql_item >

Deprecated As Of Version: 5.7
Reason: Replaced by the sql57_item. This item allows for single fields to be selected from a database. A new item was created to allow more than one field to be selected in one statement. See the sql57_item.
Comment: This object has been deprecated and may be removed in a future version of the language.

The sql_item outlines information collected from a database via an SQL query.


< textfilecontent_item >

The textfilecontent_item looks at the contents of a text file (aka a configuration file) by looking at individual lines.

Child Elements Deprecation Info
line

The line element represents a line in the file and is represented using a regular expression.
Deprecated As Of Version: 5.4
Reason: Due to the fact that the TextFileContent54_test supports multi-line pattern matching, the line entity is no longer needed.
Comment: This entity has been deprecated and will be removed in version 6.0 of the language.

== EntityItemLdaptypeType ==

The EntityItemLdaptypeType complex type restricts a string value to a specific set of values that specify the different types of information that an ldap attribute can represent. The empty string value is permitted here to allow for detailed error reporting.

Value Description Deprecation Info
LDAPTYPE_TIMESTAMP

The data is of a time stamp in seconds.
Deprecated As Of Version: 5.7
Reason: This value was accidently carried over from the win-sc:EntityItemAdstypeType as it was used as a template for the ind-sc:EntityItemLdaptypeType.
Comment: This value has been deprecated and will be removed in version 6.0 of the language.
LDAPTYPE_EMAIL

The data is of an e-mail message.
Deprecated As Of Version: 5.7
Reason: This value was accidently carried over from the win-sc:EntityItemAdstypeType as it was used as a template for the ind-sc:EntityItemLdaptypeType.
Comment: This value has been deprecated and will be removed in version 6.0 of the language.