function parse_element($type, $confObj)
{
$elementlist = array();
if ("step" == $type) {
$objlist = $confObj["steps"];
} elseif ("collect" == $type) {
$objlist = $confObj["collects"];
}
foreach ($objlist as $obj) {
if ("step" == $type) {
$element = new Step();
} elseif ("collect" == $type) {
$element = new Collect();
}
$element->setName($obj[$type . ".name"]);
$element->setCmd($obj[$type . ".cmd"]);
$element->setDesc($obj[$type . ".desc"]);
if (array_key_exists($type . ".hostname", $obj)) {
$element->setHostName($obj[$type . ".hostname"]);
}
if (array_key_exists($type . ".cmd.sep", $obj)) {
$element->setCmdSep($obj[$type . ".cmd.sep"]);
}
if (array_key_exists($type . ".ignore_fail", $obj)) {
$element->setIgnoreFail($obj[$type . ".ignore_fail"]);
}
array_push($elementlist, $element);
}
return $elementlist;
}