Class ConfigObject

Validates the slots.

This method returns None if the validation succeeds, or raises an exception otherwise.

This method must be implemented by the child classes.

Returns: NoneType

None, if the validation succeeds

Raises:

• Exception - validation fails

Overrides: outils.ValidatedSlots.Validate

Convert to a dict holding only standard python types.

The generic routine just dumps all of this object's attributes in a dict. It does not work if the class has children who are ConfigObjects themselves (e.g. the nics list in an Instance), in which case the object should subclass the function in order to make sure all objects returned are only standard python types.

Private fields can be included or not with the _with_private switch. The actual implementation of this switch is left for those subclassses with private fields to implement.

Parameters:

• _with_private (bool) - if True, the object will leak its private fields in the dictionary representation. If False, the values will be replaced with None.

Convert to a dict holding only standard python types.

The generic routine just dumps all of this object's attributes in a dict. It does not work if the class has children who are ConfigObjects themselves (e.g. the nics list in an Instance), in which case the object should subclass the function in order to make sure all objects returned are only standard python types.

Private fields can be included or not with the _with_private switch. The actual implementation of this switch is left for those subclassses with private fields to implement.

Parameters:

• _with_private (bool) - if True, the object will leak its private fields in the dictionary representation. If False, the values will be replaced with None.

Create an object from a dictionary.

This generic routine takes a dict, instantiates a new instance of the given class, and sets attributes based on the dict content.

As for `ToDict`, this does not work if the class has children who are ConfigObjects themselves (e.g. the nics list in an Instance), in which case the object should subclass the function and alter the objects.

Implement __repr__ for ConfigObjects.

Overrides: object.__repr__

Fill defaults for missing configuration values.

This method will be called at configuration load time, and its implementation will be object dependent.