Initial attempt at cleaning up the API

Context.object accepts a template or a string name (and now a type
flag).  Module.object only accepts a string (because a template already
has most of the stuff built in and might as well be passed to the
Context.object constructor).

The gotcha here is the absolute flag, which must now be set
appropriately in all cases *except* where the module is constructed
with an offset of 0 (whereby it will have no impact).

volatility/framework/plugins/mac/check_sysctl.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from volatility.framework.objects import utility
 
 vollog = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 class Check_sysctl(plugins.PluginInterface):
     """Check sysctl handlers for hooks"""
 
@@ -25,17 +26,17 @@ class Check_sysctl(plugins.PluginInterface):
 
     def _parse_global_variable_sysctls(self, kernel, name):
         known_sysctls = {
-            "hostname"      : "hostname",
-            "nisdomainname" : "domainname",
+            "hostname": "hostname",
+            "nisdomainname": "domainname",
         }
-            
+
         var_str = ""
 
         if name in known_sysctls:
             var_name = known_sysctls[name]
 
             try:
-                var_array = kernel.object(symbol_name = var_name)
+                var_array = kernel.object(symbol = var_name)
             except exceptions.SymbolError:
                 var_array = None
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class Check_sysctl(plugins.PluginInterface):
                 name = utility.pointer_to_string(sysctl.oid_name, 128)
             except exceptions.PagedInvalidAddressException:
                 name = ""
-            
+
             if len(name) == 0:
                 break
 
@@ -103,14 +104,13 @@ class Check_sysctl(plugins.PluginInterface):
                 sysctl = sysctl.oid_link.sle_next
             except exceptions.PagedInvalidAddressException:
                 break
-            
+
     def _generator(self):
         mac.MacUtilities.aslr_mask_symbol_table(self.context, self.config['darwin'], self.config['primary'])
 
-        kernel = contexts.Module(
-            self._context, self.config['darwin'], self.config['primary'], 0, absolute_symbol_addresses = True)
+        kernel = contexts.Module(self._context, self.config['darwin'], self.config['primary'], 0)
 
-        sysctl_list = kernel.object(symbol_name = "sysctl__children")
+        sysctl_list = kernel.object(symbo = "sysctl__children", symbol_type = constants.SymbolType.SYMBOL)
 
         for sysctl, name, val in self._process_sysctl_list(kernel, sysctl_list):
             check_addr = sysctl.oid_handler
@@ -130,4 +130,5 @@ class Check_sysctl(plugins.PluginInterface):
 
     def run(self):
         return renderers.TreeGrid([("Name", str), ("Number", int), ("Perms", str),
-                                   ("Handler Address", format_hints.Hex), ("Value", str), ("Handler Symbol", str)], self._generator())
+                                   ("Handler Address", format_hints.Hex), ("Value", str), ("Handler Symbol", str)],
+                                  self._generator())