getEventType

$type = $session->getEventType( $class, $event );

Given a class and event name, the getEventType() function returns a string that describes the type of the event. The possible strings returned are described in Event types.

Table 1. Event types

Event type literal	Description
EVENT	Event
AGGREGATION	Aggregation
SYMPTOM	Symptom
PROBLEM	Problem
UNKNOWN	Error indication

Example:

 $type = $session->getEventType( "Router", "Down" );

To obtain the low-level numeric type codes, instead of descriptive strings, use the getEventType() primitive, as shown.

$type = 
 $session->primitive( "getEventType", "Router", "Down" );