def extract_actions(self, action_names, event):
"""
This method is used to extract all actions that trigger a given event.
If an Action has already been stored in the database it is retrieved
otherwise a new Action object is created.
@param action_names: A list containing all actions associtated to a specific event.
@type action_names: list of strings
@param event: event triggered by the actions
@type event: Event object
@return: A list of Event objects associated to the considered script.
@rtype: list of Event
"""
action_list = []
# extract the list of action identifiers
for action in action_names:
action = action.replace(' ', '')
if(len(action) == 0):
continue
if(Event.objects.get(pk = event.id).action_set.filter(path_abs = action).count() == 0):
if(Action.objects.filter(path_abs = action).count() == 0):
# save the action if it doesn't exist
a = Action(path_abs=action)
a.save()
a.events.add(event)
else:
a = Action.objects.get(path_abs=action)
a.events.add(event)
# check if the action had been associated to multiple events
else:
continue
# retrieve the saved action
action_list.append(Action.objects.get(path_abs = action))
return action_list
def create_action(event_id=1):
action = Action()
action.path_abs = 'org.my.module.test'
action.event = Event.objects.get(pk=event_id)
action.save()
return action