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authorTomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se>2013-03-06 15:36:37 -0300
committerTomás Touceda <chiiph@leap.se>2013-03-06 15:36:37 -0300
commitd4452e77afc63ec49684ef4b6cf6459456d293e1 (patch)
treeaf581adedfd04dd0d4aa3759eae99787cd4764a3 /src/leap/config/prefixers.py
parenta11bcd4e3ee699f8050b21ef5d31b9f6031ddd7f (diff)
Add basic config handling
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# prefixers.py
+# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Platform dependant configuration path prefixers
+"""
+import os
+import platform
+
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from xdg import BaseDirectory
+
+
+class Prefixer:
+ """
+ Abstract prefixer class
+ """
+
+ __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+ @abstractmethod
+ def get_path_prefix(self, standalone=False):
+ """
+ Returns the platform dependant path prefixer
+
+ @param standalone: if True it will return the prefix for a
+ standalone application. Otherwise, it will return the system
+ default for configuration storage.
+ @param type: bool
+ """
+ return ""
+
+
+def get_platform_prefixer():
+ prefixer = globals()[platform.system() + "Prefixer"]
+ assert prefixer, "Unimplemented platform prefixer: %s" % \
+ (platform.system(),)
+ return prefixer()
+
+
+class LinuxPrefixer(Prefixer):
+ """
+ Config prefixer for the Linux platform
+ """
+
+ def get_path_prefix(self, standalone=False):
+ """
+ Returns the platform dependant path prefixer.
+ This method expects an env variable named LEAP_CLIENT_PATH if
+ standalone is used.
+
+ @param standalone: if True it will return the prefix for a
+ standalone application. Otherwise, it will return the system
+ default for configuration storage.
+ @param type: bool
+ """
+ config_dir = BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home
+ if not standalone:
+ return config_dir
+ return os.getenv("LEAP_CLIENT_PATH", config_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ try:
+ abs_prefixer = Prefixer()
+ except Exception as e:
+ assert isinstance(e, TypeError), "Something went wrong"
+ print "Abstract Prefixer class is working as expected"
+
+ linux_prefixer = LinuxPrefixer()
+ print linux_prefixer.get_path_prefix(standalone=True)
+ print linux_prefixer.get_path_prefix()