A locator for WMI services. More...

#include <windows/wmi/Locator.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for xentara::utils::windows::wmi::Locator:

Public Member Functions
	Locator ()
	Constructor.

internal auto	connect (const wchar_t *wmiNamespace=L"CIMv2") const -> Namespace
	Connects to a local namespace.

Detailed Description

A locator for WMI services.

Creates a locator object that can be used to connect to the Windows Management Intrumentation (WMI) service on the local machine.

Attention: WMI uses the Windows Component Object Model (COM). This class will initialize a COM thread environment using the COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED concurrency model. The thread invironment is uninitialized again in the constructor.

See also: com::ThreadEnvironment

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Locator()

xentara::utils::windows::wmi::Locator::Locator ( )

Constructor.

This constructor initializes the COM thread environment needed to communicate with the WMI service. The thread environment uses the the COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED concurrency model.

Exceptions

std::runtime_error The COM thread environment nedded could not be initialized

Member Function Documentation

◆ connect()

internal auto xentara::utils::windows::wmi::Locator::connect ( const wchar_t * wmiNamespace = L"CIMv2" ) const -> Namespace

Connects to a local namespace.