Thanks for the input.

I will probably start with the HTTPS Monitor, and if that is successfull  I
may play around with creating an XMLMonitor.   If I get the HTTPS Montinor
working I paste it to the list so any PaloAlto users can try it.

Thanks

Kirk

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Jeff Gehlbach <je...@opennms.org> wrote:

> On 02/21/2017 05:04 PM, Kirk Reeves wrote:
>
> > I know there is a http Poller, but I was looking for one dealing
> > specifically with one expecting XML as a response, so I can possibly
> > grab multiple parameters.  If I must  I can probably use the HTTP poller
> > with a regular expression, but I was just looking for something a little
> > more elegant.
>
> As of now, a regex with the HttpMonitor or maybe the PageSequenceMonitor
> is probably your best bet. Admittedly it's pretty awful.
>
> Ultimately I'd like to have a poller monitor that implements a subset of
> the XmlCollector's functionality, and is configured in an equivalent
> way. That way you'd be able to use an XPath expression to describe your
> expectations for the document. The XmlCollector can also handle JSON
> documents if you configure an alternate handler, which would be nice in
> the poller too.
>
> We periodically kick around the idea of re-architecting the poller and
> collector class hierarchies to enable better code reuse, but that's a
> very big and disruptive project. If you feel like having a swing at
> writing an XmlMonitor, you'll find able assistance on this list and on
> the "OpenNMS Development" channel of https://chat.opennms.com/.
>
> -jeff
>
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