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Diffstat (limited to 'oslo_vmware/vim_util.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | oslo_vmware/vim_util.py | 40 |
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/vim_util.py b/oslo_vmware/vim_util.py index 85a7fd8..b2c9d2c 100644 --- a/oslo_vmware/vim_util.py +++ b/oslo_vmware/vim_util.py @@ -37,6 +37,44 @@ def get_moref(value, type_): return moref +def get_moref_value(moref): + """Get the value/id of a managed object reference + + This function accepts a string representation of a ManagedObjectReference + like `VirtualMachine:vm-123` or only `vm-123`, but is also able to extract + it from the actual object as returned by the API. + """ + if isinstance(moref, str): + # handle strings like VirtualMachine:vm-12312, but also vm-123123 + if ':' in moref: + splits = moref.split(':') + return splits[1] + return moref + + # assume it's a ManagedObjectReference object as created by `get_moref()` + # or returned by a request + return moref.value + + +def get_moref_type(moref): + """Get the type of a managed object reference + + This function accepts a string representation of a ManagedObjectReference + like `VirtualMachine:vm-123`, but is also able to extract it from the + actual object as returned by the API. + """ + if isinstance(moref, str): + # handle strings like VirtualMachine:vm-12312 + if ':' in moref: + splits = moref.split(':') + return splits[0] + return None + + # assume it's a ManagedObjectReference object as created by `get_moref()` + # or returned by a request + return moref._type + + def build_selection_spec(client_factory, name): """Builds the selection spec. @@ -309,7 +347,7 @@ def get_object_properties(vim, moref, properties_to_collect, skip_op_id=False): len(properties_to_collect) == 0) property_spec = build_property_spec( client_factory, - type_=moref._type, + type_=get_moref_type(moref), properties_to_collect=properties_to_collect, all_properties=all_properties) object_spec = build_object_spec(client_factory, moref, []) |