From 5f3f719cf1d6b961d04bce2b006d50d3f379def2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Hedberg <roland.hedberg@adm.umu.se>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:36:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] common utils

---
 src/saml2/utils.py | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/saml2/utils.py

diff --git a/src/saml2/utils.py b/src/saml2/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b26d383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/saml2/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import time
+try:
+    from hashlib import md5
+except ImportError:
+    from md5 import md5
+
+def sid(seed=""):
+    """The hash of the server time + seed makes an unique SID for each session.
+    """
+    sid = md5()
+    sid.update(repr(time.time()))
+    if seed:
+        sid.update(seed)
+    return sid.hexdigest()
+
+def make_vals(val, klass, klass_inst=None, prop=None, part=False):
+    """
+    Creates a class instance with a specified value, the specified
+    class instance are a value on a property in a defined class instance.
+    
+    :param klass_inst: The class instance which has a property on which 
+        what this function returns is a value.
+    :param val: The value
+    :param prop: The property which the value should be assigned to.
+    :param klass: The value class
+    :param part: If the value is one of a possible list of values it should be
+        handled slightly different compared to if it isn't.
+    :return: Value class instance
+    """
+    ci = None
+    #print "_make_val: %s %s (%s)" % (prop,val,klass)
+    if isinstance(val, bool):
+        ci = klass(text="%s" % val)
+    elif isinstance(val, int):
+        ci = klass(text="%d" % val)
+    elif isinstance(val, basestring):
+        ci = klass(text=val)
+    elif val == None:
+        ci = klass()
+    elif isinstance(val, dict):
+        ci = make_instance(klass, val)
+    elif not part:
+        cis = [make_vals(sval, klass, klass_inst, prop, True) for sval in val]
+        setattr(klass_inst, prop, cis)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("strange instance type: %s on %s" % (type(val),val))
+        
+    if part:
+        return ci
+    else:        
+        if ci:
+            cis = [ci]
+        setattr(klass_inst, prop, cis)
+    
+def make_instance(klass, spec):
+    """
+    Constructs a class instance containing the specified information
+    
+    :param klass: The class
+    :param spec: Information to be placed in the instance
+    :return: The instance
+    """
+    klass_inst = klass()
+    for prop in klass.c_attributes.values():
+        if prop in spec:
+            if isinstance(spec[prop],bool):
+                setattr(klass_inst,prop,"%s" % spec[prop])
+            elif isinstance(spec[prop], int):
+                setattr(klass_inst,prop,"%d" % spec[prop])
+            else:
+                setattr(klass_inst,prop,spec[prop])
+    if "text" in spec:
+        setattr(klass_inst,"text",spec["text"])
+        
+    for prop, klass in klass.c_children.values():
+        if prop in spec:
+            if isinstance(klass, list): # means there can be a list of values
+                make_vals(spec[prop], klass[0], klass_inst, prop)
+            else:
+                ci = make_vals(spec[prop], klass, klass_inst, prop, True)
+                setattr(klass_inst, prop, ci)
+    return klass_inst