Agent Helpers

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Net-SNMP Agent Helpers

The Net-SNMP agent library provides several special purpose Handlers to reduce the work needed to implement a MIB module. See the Agent Architecture documentation for details on how the handler system is implemented within the Net-SNMP Agent. The FAQ item "What's the difference between the various mib2c configuration files?" gives an overview of the major mib2c-related helpers. The the doxygen generated documentation for the helpers are also useful documents]

Here is a list of all current helpers, by file name as found in agent/helpers/, organized by type:

Handler call flow
baby_steps
bulk_to_next
mode_end_call
multiplexer
row_merge
serialize


Scalar related
instance
scalar
scalar_group


Table related
row_merge
table
table_container
table_data
table_dataset
table_generic
table_iterator
table_row
table_tdata


Data caching
cache_handler
stash_cache
stash_to_next


Miscellaneous
debug_handler
old_api
read_only
null
watcher


Deprecated/Legacy Helpers
table_array