diff -r 000000000000 -r 2e8eeb919028 configurationengine/source/cone/public/persistence.py
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+++ b/configurationengine/source/cone/public/persistence.py	Thu Mar 11 17:04:37 2010 +0200
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+# All rights reserved.
+# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+#
+# Initial Contributors:
+# Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#
+# Description: 
+#
+
+import os
+from cone.public import api, exceptions
+
+
+class PersistenceFactory(api.FactoryBase):
+    @classmethod
+    def get_reader_for_elem(cls,elemname):
+        for reader in ConeReader.__subclasses__():
+            if reader.supported_elem(elemname):
+                return reader()
+        raise exceptions.ConePersistenceError("No reader for given elemname %s found!" % elemname)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_writer_for_class(cls,classname):
+        for writer in ConeWriter.__subclasses__():
+            if writer.supported_class(classname):
+                return writer ()
+        raise exceptions.ConePersistenceError("No writer for given class found!")
+
+
+class ConeHandler(object):
+    ext        = ""
+    class_type = ""
+
+
+class ConeReader(ConeHandler):
+    '''
+    Read data from the string and return a ConeObject
+    '''
+
+    @classmethod
+    def supported_elem(cls, elemname, parent=None):
+        """
+        Class method to determine if this ConeReader supports reading 
+        of the given element name
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def loads(self,data):
+        raise exceptions.NotSupportedException()
+
+    def load(self,res):
+        raise exceptions.NotSupportedException()
+  
+  
+class ConeWriter(object):
+    '''
+    Write a ConeObject to a string
+    '''
+    @classmethod
+    def supported_class(cls, classname):
+        """
+        Class method to determine if this ConeWriter supports writing
+        of the given class name
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def dumps(self,ConeObject):
+        raise exceptions.NotSupportedException()
+
+    def dump(self,ConeObject,res,indent=True):
+        raise exceptions.NotSupportedException()
+
+def indent(elem, level=0):
+    i = os.linesep + level*"  "
+    if len(elem):
+        try:
+            if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():
+                elem.text = i + "  "
+            for e in elem:
+                indent(e, level+1)
+                if not e.tail or not e.tail.strip():
+                    e.tail = i + "  "
+                if not e.tail or not e.tail.strip():
+                    e.tail = i
+            else:
+                if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):
+                    elem.tail = i
+        except AttributeError,e:
+            # explanation for this kind of try-except required
+            pass
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