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-rw-r--r--openstack/common/jsonutils.py34
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/openstack/common/jsonutils.py b/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
index efc8324..b7f6bcd 100644
--- a/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
+++ b/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This module provides a few things:
import datetime
+import functools
import inspect
import itertools
import json
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ import xmlrpclib
from openstack.common import timeutils
-def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, level=0):
+def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
+ level=0):
"""Convert a complex object into primitives.
Handy for JSON serialization. We can optionally handle instances,
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, level=0):
# The try block may not be necessary after the class check above,
# but just in case ...
try:
+ recursive = functools.partial(to_primitive,
+ convert_instances=convert_instances,
+ convert_datetime=convert_datetime,
+ level=level)
# It's not clear why xmlrpclib created their own DateTime type, but
# for our purposes, make it a datetime type which is explicitly
# handled
@@ -91,33 +97,19 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, level=0):
value = datetime.datetime(*tuple(value.timetuple())[:6])
if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
- o = []
- for v in value:
- o.append(to_primitive(v, convert_instances=convert_instances,
- level=level))
- return o
+ return [recursive(v) for v in value]
elif isinstance(value, dict):
- o = {}
- for k, v in value.iteritems():
- o[k] = to_primitive(v, convert_instances=convert_instances,
- level=level)
- return o
- elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+ return dict((k, recursive(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
+ elif convert_datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
return timeutils.strtime(value)
elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
- return to_primitive(dict(value.iteritems()),
- convert_instances=convert_instances,
- level=level + 1)
+ return recursive(dict(value.iteritems()), level=level + 1)
elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
- return to_primitive(list(value),
- convert_instances=convert_instances,
- level=level)
+ return recursive(list(value))
elif convert_instances and hasattr(value, '__dict__'):
# Likely an instance of something. Watch for cycles.
# Ignore class member vars.
- return to_primitive(value.__dict__,
- convert_instances=convert_instances,
- level=level + 1)
+ return recursive(value.__dict__, level=level + 1)
else:
return value
except TypeError: