Add timestamps as explicit elements of nvti.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Allow to configure the path to the redis socket via CMake [#256](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/256)
 - A new data model for unified handling of cross references in the NVT meta data as been added. All previous API elements to handle cve, bid, xref werehas been removed. [#225](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/225) [#232](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/232).
 - A function to get an osp scan status and a enum type for the different status [#259](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/259)
+- API functions for NVTI to handle timestamps [#261](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/261)
 ### Changed
 - Change the default path to the redis socket to /run/redis/redis.sock [#256](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/256)
 - Handle EAI_AGAIN in gvm_host_reverse_lookup() IPv6 case and function refactor. [#229](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/pull/229)

base/nvti.c

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ typedef struct nvti
   gchar *affected; /**< @brief Affected systems */
   gchar *impact;   /**< @brief Impact of vulnerability */
 
+  time_t creation_time;     /**< @brief Time of creation, seconds since epoch */
+  time_t modification_time; /**< @brief Time of last change, sec. since epoch */
+
   gchar *solution;      /**< @brief The solution */
   gchar *solution_type; /**< @brief The solution type */
 
@@ -464,6 +467,34 @@ nvti_impact (const nvti_t *n)
   return (n ? n->impact : NULL);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get the creation time.
+ *
+ * @param n The NVT Info structure of which the creation time should
+ *          be returned.
+ *
+ * @return The creation time in seconds since epoch.
+ */
+time_t
+nvti_creation_time (const nvti_t *n)
+{
+  return (n ? n->creation_time : 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the modification time.
+ *
+ * @param n The NVT Info structure of which the modification time should
+ *          be returned.
+ *
+ * @return The modification time in seconds since epoch.
+ */
+time_t
+nvti_modification_time (const nvti_t *n)
+{
+  return (n ? n->modification_time : 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Get the number of references of the NVT.
  *
@@ -945,6 +976,44 @@ nvti_set_impact (nvti_t *n, const gchar *impact)
   return (0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Set the creation time of a NVT.
+ *
+ * @param n The NVT Info structure.
+ *
+ * @param creation_time The creation time to set.
+ *
+ * @return 0 for success. Anything else indicates an error.
+ */
+int
+nvti_set_creation_time (nvti_t *n, const time_t creation_time)
+{
+  if (!n)
+    return (-1);
+
+  n->creation_time = creation_time;
+  return (0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Set the modification time of a NVT.
+ *
+ * @param n The NVT Info structure.
+ *
+ * @param modification_time The modification time to set.
+ *
+ * @return 0 for success. Anything else indicates an error.
+ */
+int
+nvti_set_modification_time (nvti_t *n, const time_t modification_time)
+{
+  if (!n)
+    return (-1);
+
+  n->modification_time = modification_time;
+  return (0);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Set the solution of a NVT.
  *

base/nvti.h

@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ gchar *
 nvti_affected (const nvti_t *);
 gchar *
 nvti_impact (const nvti_t *);
+time_t
+nvti_creation_time (const nvti_t *);
+time_t
+nvti_modification_time (const nvti_t *);
 gchar *
 nvti_insight (const nvti_t *);
 gchar *
@@ -144,6 +148,10 @@ nvti_set_affected (nvti_t *, const gchar *);
 int
 nvti_set_impact (nvti_t *, const gchar *);
 int
+nvti_set_creation_time (nvti_t *, const time_t);
+int
+nvti_set_modification_time (nvti_t *, const time_t);
+int
 nvti_set_solution (nvti_t *, const gchar *);
 int
 nvti_set_solution_type (nvti_t *, const gchar *);