ncclient:NETCONF Python client

# Copyright 2009 Shikhar Bhushan

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"Thin layer of abstraction around NCClient"

import capabilities

import operations

import transport

import logging

logger = logging.getLogger('ncclient.manager')

def connect_ssh(*args, **kwds):

    """Connect to NETCONF server over SSH. See :meth:`SSHSession.connect()

    <ncclient.transport.SSHSession.connect>` for argument details.

    :rtype: :class:`Manager`

    """

    session = transport.SSHSession(capabilities.CAPABILITIES)

    session.load_known_hosts()

    session.connect(*args, **kwds)

    return Manager(session)

#: Same as :meth:`connect_ssh`

connect = connect_ssh

class Manager(object):

    """API for NETCONF operations.

    It is also a context manager, so a :class:`Manager` instance can be used

    with the *with* statement. The session is closed when the context ends. """

    def __init__(self, session):

        self._session = session

    def __enter__(self):

        return self

    def __exit__(self, *args):

        self.close()

        return False

    def __getattr__(self, name):

        try:

            return operations.INDEX[name](self.session).request

        except KeyError:

            raise AttributeError

    def locked(self, target):

        """Returns a context manager for the *with* statement.

        :arg target: name of the datastore to lock

        :type target: `string`

        :rtype: :class:`~ncclient.operations.LockContext`

        """

        return operations.LockContext(self._session, target)

    def close(self):

        """Closes the NETCONF session. First does *<close-session>* RPC."""

        try: # try doing it clean

            self.close_session()

        except Exception as e:

            logger.debug('error doing <close-session> -- %r' % e)

        if self._session.connected: # if that didn't work...

            self._session.close()

    @property

    def session(self):

        ":class:`~ncclient.transport.Session` instance"

        return self._session

    @property

    def client_capabilities(self):

        ":class:`~ncclient.capabilities.Capabilities` object for client"

        return self._session._client_capabilities

    @property

    def server_capabilities(self):

        ":class:`~ncclient.capabilities.Capabilities` object for server"

        return self._session._server_capabilities

    @property

    def session_id(self):

        "*<session-id>* as assigned by NETCONF server"

        return self._session.id

    @property

    def connected(self):

        "Whether currently connected to NETCONF server"

        return self._session.connected