Introduction

First, what is a Technique ?

A technique is a description in code form of what the agent has to do on the node. This code is actually composed of a series of Generic method calls. These different Generic method calls are conditional.

What is a Generic method?

A generic method is a description of an elementary state independent of the operating system (ex: a package is installed, a file contains such line, etc…). Generic methods are independent of the operating system (It has to work on any operating system). Generic methods calls are conditioned by class expressions, which are boolean expression combining basic conditions with classic boolean operators (ex : operating system is Debian, such generic method produced a modification, did not produce any modification, produced an error, etc…)