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| -rw-r--r-- | morphlib/util.py | 32 |
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diff --git a/morphlib/util.py b/morphlib/util.py index a3a07cce..e733af9d 100644 --- a/morphlib/util.py +++ b/morphlib/util.py @@ -644,3 +644,35 @@ def error_message_for_containerised_commandline( 'Containerisation settings: %s\n' \ 'Error output:\n%s' \ % (argv_string, container_kwargs, err) + + +def write_from_dict(filepath, d, validate=lambda x, y: True): #pragma: no cover + '''Takes a dictionary and appends the contents to a file + + An optional validation callback can be passed to perform validation on + each value in the dictionary. + + e.g. + + def validation_callback(dictionary_key, dictionary_value): + if not dictionary_value.isdigit(): + raise Exception('value contains non-digit character(s)') + + Any callback supplied to this function should raise an exception + if validation fails. + ''' + + # Sort items asciibetically + # the output of the deployment should not depend + # on the locale of the machine running the deployment + items = sorted(d.iteritems(), key=lambda (k, v): [ord(c) for c in v]) + + for (k, v) in items: + validate(k, v) + + with open(filepath, 'a') as f: + for (_, v) in items: + f.write('%s\n' % v) + + os.fchown(f.fileno(), 0, 0) + os.fchmod(f.fileno(), 0644) |