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authorJason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>2008-09-10 01:03:59 +0000
committerJason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>2008-09-10 01:03:59 +0000
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277: Added public.generate_argument() function; added corresponding unit tests
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diff --git a/ipalib/public.py b/ipalib/public.py
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--- a/ipalib/public.py
+++ b/ipalib/public.py
@@ -198,6 +198,21 @@ class Option(plugable.ReadOnly):
)
+def generate_argument(name):
+ """
+ Returns an `Option` instance using argument ``name``.
+ """
+ if name.endswith('?'):
+ kw = dict(required=False, multivalue=False)
+ elif name.endswith('*'):
+ kw = dict(required=False, multivalue=True)
+ elif name.endswith('+'):
+ kw = dict(required=True, multivalue=True)
+ else:
+ kw = dict(required=True, multivalue=False)
+ return Option(name.rstrip('?*+'), ipa_types.Unicode(), **kw)
+
+
class Command(plugable.Plugin):
__public__ = frozenset((
'get_default',