From 2501094213be6209f0334a15f8934fe2dfdef9b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tengqm <tengqim@cn.ibm.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:50:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added format_output method

---
 senlinclient/common/utils.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/senlinclient/common/utils.py b/senlinclient/common/utils.py
index 6bae0fad..53630d19 100644
--- a/senlinclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/senlinclient/common/utils.py
@@ -167,3 +167,12 @@ def process_stack_spec(spec):
     }
 
     return new_spec
+
+
+def format_output(output, format='yaml'):
+    fmt = format.lower()
+    try:
+        return supported_formats[fmt](output)
+    except KeyError:
+        raise exc.HTTPUnsupported(_('The format(%s) is unsupported.')
+                                  % fmt)