//******************************************************
//GetText
//******************************************************
/// <summary>
/// <para>Returns a textual representation of the object in the specified format.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name='format'>Specifies the requested textual format </param>
/// <returns>
/// The textual representation of the
/// object in the specified format.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Currently the only format that WMI supports
/// is MOF (Managed Object Format). However, in the future different other formats
/// will be plugged in, such as XML.
/// </remarks>
// TODO: What's the relationship to ISerializable if any ?
public string GetText(TextFormat format)
{
Initialize();
switch (format)
{
case TextFormat.Mof:
string objText = null;
int status = (int)ManagementStatus.NoError;
status = wbemObject.GetObjectText_(0, out objText);
if (status < 0)
{
if ((status & 0xfffff000) == 0x80041000)
{
ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo((ManagementStatus)status);
}
else
{
Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(status);
}
}
return(objText);
default:
// TODO - integrate support for XML formats if we
// can rely on Whistler IWbemObjectTextSrc
return(null);
}
}
