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# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
# Copyright 2011, Nicira Networks, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
# a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
#
# Borrowed from nova code base, more utilities will be added/borrowed as and
# when needed.
# @author: Somik Behera, Nicira Networks, Inc.
"""Utilities and helper functions."""
import datetime
import json
import os
def env(*vars, **kwargs):
"""
returns the first environment variable set
if none are non-empty, defaults to '' or keyword arg default
"""
for v in vars:
value = os.environ.get(v)
if value:
return value
return kwargs.get('default', '')
def to_primitive(value):
if type(value) is type([]) or type(value) is type((None,)):
o = []
for v in value:
o.append(to_primitive(v))
return o
elif type(value) is type({}):
o = {}
for k, v in value.iteritems():
o[k] = to_primitive(v)
return o
elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
return str(value)
elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
return to_primitive(dict(value.iteritems()))
elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
return to_primitive(list(value))
else:
return value
def dumps(value):
try:
return json.dumps(value)
except TypeError:
pass
return json.dumps(to_primitive(value))
def loads(s):
return json.loads(s)