def _copyHostProfile(self, hostProfile):
"""Helper function that makes a copy of the host profile document.
"""
# TBD: Is there a better way than serializing/deserializing?
serializedProf = SoapAdapter.Serialize(
hostProfile, version=newestVersions.get('vim'))
deserializedProf = SoapAdapter.Deserialize(serializedProf)
return deserializedProf
def deserialize(clazz, data):
if clazz is None:
return SoapAdapter.Deserialize(data) if data else None
elif clazz is list:
return [deserialize(*elem) for elem in data]
#elif issubclass(clazz, (VsphereObject, VsphereData, dict)):
else:
return clazz(**{k: deserialize(*v) for k, v in data.items()})
