openstack-ansible/lib/dictutils.py
Nolan Brubaker a2bd0c5365 Add dictutils tests, clarify some var names
This change adds dictutils test coverage and also documents/clarifies
some of the functions provided.

No functionality should be changed, only exercised and documented.

Change-Id: I21ade46ffd620244708860b7f1243c3c3e5189cf
2016-11-22 10:42:36 -05:00

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# Copyright 2014, Rackspace US, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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#
# (c) 2014, Kevin Carter <kevin.carter@rackspace.com>
# (c) 2015, Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>
#
def merge_dict(base_items, new_items):
"""Recursively merge new_items into some base_items.
If an empty dictionary is provided as a new value, it will
completely replace the existing dictionary.
:param base_items: ``dict``
:param new_items: ``dict``
:return dictionary:
"""
for key, value in new_items.iteritems():
if isinstance(value, dict) and value:
base_merge = merge_dict(base_items.get(key, {}), value)
base_items[key] = base_merge
else:
base_items[key] = new_items[key]
return base_items
def append_if(array, item):
"""Append an ``item`` to an ``array`` if its not already in it.
:param array: ``list`` List object to append to
:param item: ``object`` Object to append to the list
:returns bool: Flag indicating whether the append happend (True)
or not (False)
"""
if item not in array:
array.append(item)
return True
return False
def recursive_list_removal(base_list, purge_list):
"""Remove items from a list.
If base_list and purge_list resolve to the same list in memory,
only the first item will be removed due to Python's handling of mutation
during iteration.
:param base_list: ``list`` List representing base_list entries
:param purge_list: ``list`` List of items to remove
"""
for item in purge_list:
for _item in base_list:
if item == _item:
base_list.pop(base_list.index(item))
# TODO(nrb): this probably needs to be renamed, as it's not really recursive
def recursive_dict_removal(inventory, purge_list):
"""Remove items from a dictionary.
Only items in child dictionaries and lists are removed.
Dictionary keys can only be deleted at the 3rd level (e.g in
inventory['top']['middle']['bottom'], only 'bottom' would be targetted by
this function)
:param inventory: ``dict`` Dictionary representing the inventory
:param purge_list: ``list`` List of items to remove
"""
for key, value in inventory.iteritems():
if isinstance(value, dict):
for child_key, child_value in value.iteritems():
if isinstance(child_value, dict):
for item in purge_list:
if item in child_value:
del(child_value[item])
elif isinstance(child_value, list):
recursive_list_removal(child_value, purge_list)
elif isinstance(value, list):
recursive_list_removal(value, purge_list)