Remove server-specific functionality.

 * Moved server-specific functionality found in quantum.common to
   the quantum repo.
 * Renamed primary package from quantum -> quantumclient.
 * Addresses bug 977711 and bug 921933

Change-Id: If34553924c8dfcc6b148c1d91f173a4b81eeb95a

1 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/quantumclient/common/utils.py b/quantumclient/common/utils.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011, Nicira Networks, Inc.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+#
+# Borrowed from nova code base, more utilities will be added/borrowed as and
+# when needed.
+# @author: Somik Behera, Nicira Networks, Inc.
+
+"""Utilities and helper functions."""
+
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+
+
+def env(*vars, **kwargs):
+    """
+    returns the first environment variable set
+    if none are non-empty, defaults to '' or keyword arg default
+    """
+    for v in vars:
+        value = os.environ.get(v)
+        if value:
+            return value
+    return kwargs.get('default', '')
+
+
+def to_primitive(value):
+    if type(value) is type([]) or type(value) is type((None,)):
+        o = []
+        for v in value:
+            o.append(to_primitive(v))
+        return o
+    elif type(value) is type({}):
+        o = {}
+        for k, v in value.iteritems():
+            o[k] = to_primitive(v)
+        return o
+    elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+        return str(value)
+    elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
+        return to_primitive(dict(value.iteritems()))
+    elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+        return to_primitive(list(value))
+    else:
+        return value
+
+
+def dumps(value):
+    try:
+        return json.dumps(value)
+    except TypeError:
+        pass
+    return json.dumps(to_primitive(value))
+
+
+def loads(s):
+    return json.loads(s)