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# Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Google Inc.
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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"""Transportable objects for Ganeti.
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This module provides small, mostly data-only objects which are safe to
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pass to and from external parties.
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"""
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import ConfigParser
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import re
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from cStringIO import StringIO
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from ganeti import errors
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from ganeti import constants
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__all__ = ["ConfigObject", "ConfigData", "NIC", "Disk", "Instance",
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           "OS", "Node", "Cluster"]
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class ConfigObject(object):
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  """A generic config object.
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  It has the following properties:
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    - provides somewhat safe recursive unpickling and pickling for its classes
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    - unset attributes which are defined in slots are always returned
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      as None instead of raising an error
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  Classes derived from this must always declare __slots__ (we use many
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  config objects and the memory reduction is useful.
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  """
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  __slots__ = []
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  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
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    for k, v in kwargs.iteritems():
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      setattr(self, k, v)
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  def __getattr__(self, name):
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    if name not in self.__slots__:
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      raise AttributeError("Invalid object attribute %s.%s" %
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                           (type(self).__name__, name))
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    return None
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  def __setitem__(self, key, value):
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    if key not in self.__slots__:
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      raise KeyError(key)
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    setattr(self, key, value)
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  def __getstate__(self):
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    state = {}
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    for name in self.__slots__:
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      if hasattr(self, name):
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        state[name] = getattr(self, name)
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    return state
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  def __setstate__(self, state):
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    for name in state:
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      if name in self.__slots__:
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        setattr(self, name, state[name])
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  def ToDict(self):
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    """Convert to a dict holding only standard python types.
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    The generic routine just dumps all of this object's attributes in
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    a dict. It does not work if the class has children who are
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    ConfigObjects themselves (e.g. the nics list in an Instance), in
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    which case the object should subclass the function in order to
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    make sure all objects returned are only standard python types.
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    """
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    return dict([(k, getattr(self, k, None)) for k in self.__slots__])
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  @classmethod
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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    """Create an object from a dictionary.
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    This generic routine takes a dict, instantiates a new instance of
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    the given class, and sets attributes based on the dict content.
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    As for `ToDict`, this does not work if the class has children
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    who are ConfigObjects themselves (e.g. the nics list in an
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    Instance), in which case the object should subclass the function
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    and alter the objects.
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    """
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    if not isinstance(val, dict):
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      raise errors.ConfigurationError("Invalid object passed to FromDict:"
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                                      " expected dict, got %s" % type(val))
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    val_str = dict([(str(k), v) for k, v in val.iteritems()])
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    obj = cls(**val_str)
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    return obj
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  @staticmethod
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  def _ContainerToDicts(container):
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    """Convert the elements of a container to standard python types.
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    This method converts a container with elements derived from
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    ConfigData to standard python types. If the container is a dict,
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    we don't touch the keys, only the values.
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    """
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    if isinstance(container, dict):
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      ret = dict([(k, v.ToDict()) for k, v in container.iteritems()])
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    elif isinstance(container, (list, tuple, set, frozenset)):
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      ret = [elem.ToDict() for elem in container]
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      raise TypeError("Invalid type %s passed to _ContainerToDicts" %
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                      type(container))
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    return ret
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  @staticmethod
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  def _ContainerFromDicts(source, c_type, e_type):
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    """Convert a container from standard python types.
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    This method converts a container with standard python types to
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    ConfigData objects. If the container is a dict, we don't touch the
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    if not isinstance(c_type, type):
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      raise TypeError("Container type %s passed to _ContainerFromDicts is"
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                      " not a type" % type(c_type))
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      ret = dict([(k, e_type.FromDict(v)) for k, v in source.iteritems()])
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    elif c_type in (list, tuple, set, frozenset):
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      ret = c_type([e_type.FromDict(elem) for elem in source])
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      raise TypeError("Invalid container type %s passed to"
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  def __repr__(self):
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    """Implement __repr__ for ConfigObjects."""
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    return repr(self.ToDict())
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class TaggableObject(ConfigObject):
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  """An generic class supporting tags.
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  __slots__ = ConfigObject.__slots__ + ["tags"]
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  def ValidateTag(tag):
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    """Check if a tag is valid.
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    if not isinstance(tag, basestring):
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      raise errors.TagError("Invalid tag type (not a string)")
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    if len(tag) > constants.MAX_TAG_LEN:
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      raise errors.TagError("Tag too long (>%d characters)" %
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      raise errors.TagError("Tags cannot be empty")
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    if not re.match("^[ \w.+*/:-]+$", tag):
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  def GetTags(self):
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    """Return the tags list.
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  def AddTag(self, tag):
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    """Add a new tag.
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  def RemoveTag(self, tag):
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    """Remove a tag.
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  def ToDict(self):
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    """Taggable-object-specific conversion to standard python types.
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      bo["tags"] = list(tags)
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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    """Custom function for instances.
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    obj = super(TaggableObject, cls).FromDict(val)
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    if hasattr(obj, "tags") and isinstance(obj.tags, list):
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class ConfigData(ConfigObject):
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  """Top-level config object."""
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  __slots__ = ["cluster", "nodes", "instances", "serial_no"]
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  def ToDict(self):
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    """Custom function for top-level config data.
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      mydict[key] = self._ContainerToDicts(mydict[key])
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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    """Custom function for top-level config data
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    obj.cluster = Cluster.FromDict(obj.cluster)
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    obj.nodes = cls._ContainerFromDicts(obj.nodes, dict, Node)
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    obj.instances = cls._ContainerFromDicts(obj.instances, dict, Instance)
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class NIC(ConfigObject):
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  """Config object representing a network card."""
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  __slots__ = ["mac", "ip", "bridge"]
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class Disk(ConfigObject):
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  """Config object representing a block device."""
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  __slots__ = ["dev_type", "logical_id", "physical_id",
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  def CreateOnSecondary(self):
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    """Test if this device needs to be created on a secondary node."""
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  def AssembleOnSecondary(self):
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    """Test if this device needs to be assembled on a secondary node."""
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    return self.dev_type in (constants.LD_DRBD8, constants.LD_LV)
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  def OpenOnSecondary(self):
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    """Test if this device needs to be opened on a secondary node."""
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      return "/dev/%s/%s" % (self.logical_id[0], self.logical_id[1])
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  def ChildrenNeeded(self):
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  def GetNodes(self, node):
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  def ComputeNodeTree(self, parent_node):
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    """Compute the node/disk tree for this disk and its children.
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  def SetPhysicalID(self, target_node, nodes_ip):
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  def ToDict(self):
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        bo[attr] = self._ContainerToDicts(alist)
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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      val =  "<LogicalVolume(/dev/%s/%s" % self.logical_id
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  """Config object representing an instance."""
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    "vnc_bind_address",
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    "serial_no",
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  def _ComputeSecondaryNodes(self):
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      """Recursively computes secondary nodes given a top device."""
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          self.MapLVsByNode(lvmap, dev.children, dev.logical_id[0])
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    return ret
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  def FindDisk(self, name):
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      if disk.iv_name == name:
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        return disk
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  def ToDict(self):
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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    """Custom function for instances.
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class OS(ConfigObject):
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  """Config object representing an operating system."""
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    "path",
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    "status",
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    "api_version",
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    "create_script",
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    "export_script",
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    "import_script",
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    "rename_script",
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  def FromInvalidOS(cls, err):
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    """Create an OS from an InvalidOS error.
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    This routine knows how to convert an InvalidOS error to an OS
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  def __nonzero__(self):
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class Node(TaggableObject):
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  """Config object representing a node."""
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    "primary_ip",
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    "serial_no",
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    ]
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class Cluster(TaggableObject):
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  """Config object representing the cluster."""
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    "serial_no",
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    "rsahostkeypub",
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    "highest_used_port",
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    "tcpudp_port_pool",
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    "mac_prefix",
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    "volume_group_name",
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    "default_bridge",
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  def FromDict(cls, val):
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    """Custom function for cluster.
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    obj = super(Cluster, cls).FromDict(val)
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class SerializableConfigParser(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):
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  """Simple wrapper over ConfigParse that allows serialization.
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  additional methods that allow it to serialize/unserialize to/from a
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  buffer.
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  def Dumps(self):
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    """Dump this instance and return the string representation."""
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    buf = StringIO()
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    self.write(buf)
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    return buf.getvalue()
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  def Loads(data):
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    """Load data from a string."""
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    buf = StringIO(data)
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    cfp = SerializableConfigParser()
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