def plugin_register(self, uri, password, timeout, flags=0):
self.uri = uri
self.password = password
#The caller may want to start clean, so we allow the caller to specify
#a file to store and retrieve individual state.
qp = uri_parse(uri)
if 'parameters' in qp and 'statefile' in qp['parameters'] \
and qp['parameters']['statefile'] is not None:
self.sim_array = SimArray(qp['parameters']['statefile'], timeout)
else:
self.sim_array = SimArray(None, timeout)
return None
