def create_entity( ent_name, ent_class, ent_profile={}, ent_data=() ):
"""
Creates a core entity with id = ent_name and type ent_class.
First creates an EntityData object and then passes the data object
to the create_py_entity function in core.
Keyword arguments:
ent_name -- id of entity
ent_class -- entity class type
ent_profile -- entity profile, can be None (will be set to
an empty dictionary if None)
ent_data -- any custom data to be passed to entity
"""
if not issubclass(ent_class, core.PyEntity):
ds.error.write("Argument ",ent_class," not of type PyEntity")
return None
if ent_profile == None:
ent_profile = {}
if not type(ent_profile) == dict:
ds.failure.write("Python: Error. Entity profiles must be dictionaries.")
return None
prof_id = util.get_profile_id(ent_profile)
ed = core.EntityData(ent_name,ent_class,prof_id,
ent_profile,ent_data)
#ds.debug2.write("Entity profile",ent_profile,"has id",prof_id)
core.create_pyentity(ed)
def add_service( serv_name, serv_profile={}, serv_data=() ):
"""
Creates a core service data object for the service
defined by the arguments. Calls core.prepare_services
on service data object. Returns the internal core name
for serv_name
Keyword arguments:
serv_name -- Name of service
serv_profile -- A dictionary that defines the profile for serv_name
serv_data -- Custom data for an insantation of serv_name
"""
if serv_profile == None:
serv_profile = {}
if not type(serv_profile) == dict:
ds.failure.write("Python: Error in add_service while adding",serv_name,
"Python profiles must be dictionaries")
return None
sn = util.get_internal_service_name(serv_name)
# TODO (critical) profile-id generation has to be fixed!
prof_id = util.get_profile_id(serv_profile)
sd = core.ServiceData(sn,serv_name,prof_id,
serv_profile,serv_data )
#ds.debug2.write("Service profile",serv_profile,"has id",id(serv_profile))
core.prepare_services([sd])
return sn
