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Diffstat (limited to 'ipalib/frontend.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/frontend.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/frontend.py b/ipalib/frontend.py index d53a7d4d..7d75fa17 100644 --- a/ipalib/frontend.py +++ b/ipalib/frontend.py @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class Param(plugable.ReadOnly): lock(self) def __dispatch(self, value, scalar): + if value is None: + return None if self.multivalue: if type(value) in (tuple, list): if len(value) == 0: @@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ class Param(plugable.ReadOnly): def __convert_scalar(self, value, index=None): if value is None: - raise TypeError('value cannot be None') + return None converted = self.type(value) if converted is None: raise errors.ConversionError( @@ -155,9 +157,12 @@ class Param(plugable.ReadOnly): return converted def convert(self, value): - return self.__dispatch(value, self.__convert_scalar) - + """ + Convert/coerce ``value`` to Python type for this parameter. + :param value: A proposed value for this parameter. + """ + return self.__dispatch(value, self.__convert_scalar) def __validate_scalar(self, value, index=None): if type(value) is not self.type.type: |