constant_variable needs to support record datatype

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@djhaynes commented on Fri Aug 16 2013

In adding support for the new record datatype we neglected to update the
constant_variable to allow it to hold a record. The current
<constant_variable> structure allows a sequence of elements
and looks like this:

<constant_variable id="oval:example:var:111" datatype="int" ...>
   <value>1</value>
   <value>2</value>
<constant_variable>

This structure needs to be updated to allow each value to be a record. Values
are currently limited to simple types(xsd:anySimpleType). In order for
variables to fully support the new record datatype the element
needs to optionally allow named fields. This might look something like:

<constant_variable id="oval:example:var:111" datatype="record" ...>
    <record>
        <field name="name" datatype="string">user1</field>
        <field name="screensavertimeout" datatype="int">900</field>
    </record>
    <record>
        <field name="name" datatype="string">user2</field>
        <field name="screensavertimeout" datatype="int">600</field>
    </record>
</constant_variable>  

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@djhaynes commented on Fri Aug 16 2013

This same issue also applies to external_variable and possibly the literal_component constructs.

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@djhaynes commented on Fri Aug 16 2013

Due to the impact of this change we will defer this feature until a later release. It will not be included in version 5.7.

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@solind commented on Tue Aug 30 2016

Punting to 5.12.