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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+# All rights reserved.
+# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of the License "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: 
+#
+# raptor_api module
+#
+# Python API for Raptor. External code should interact with Raptor via this
+# module only, as it is the only programatic interface considered public. The
+# command line --query option is also implemented using this module.
+
+# constants
+ALL = 1
+
+# objects
+
+class Reply(object):
+	"""object to return values from API calls.
+	"""
+	def __init__(self, text=""):
+		self.text = text
+	
+	def __str__(self):
+		name = type(self).__name__.lower()
+		
+		string = "<" + name
+		children = []
+		longend = False
+		
+		for attribute,value in self.__dict__.items():
+			if attribute != "text":
+				if isinstance(value, Reply):
+					children.append(value)
+				else:
+					string += " %s='%s'" % (attribute, value)
+		
+		if children or self.text:
+			string += ">"
+			longend = True
+		
+		if self.text:
+			string += self.text
+		
+		if children:
+			string += "\n"
+				
+		for c in children:
+			string += str(c)
+			
+		if longend:
+			string += "</%s>\n" % name
+		else:	
+			string += "/>\n"
+		
+		return string
+
+class Alias(Reply):
+	def __init__(self, name, meaning):
+		super(Alias,self).__init__()
+		self.name = name
+		self.meaning = meaning
+
+class Config(Reply):
+	def __init__(self, fullname, outputpath):
+		super(Config,self).__init__()
+		self.fullname = fullname
+		self.outputpath = outputpath
+
+class Product(Reply):
+	def __init__(self, name):
+		super(Product,self).__init__()
+		self.name = name
+
+import generic_path
+import raptor
+import raptor_data
+import re
+
+class Context(object):
+	"""object to contain state information for API calls.
+	
+	For example,
+	
+	api = raptor_api.Context()
+	val = api.getaliases("X")
+	"""
+	def __init__(self, initialiser=None):
+		# this object has a private Raptor object that can either be
+		# passed in or created internally.
+		
+		if initialiser == None:
+			self.__raptor = raptor.Raptor()
+		else:
+			self.__raptor = initialiser
+			
+	def stringquery(self, query):
+		"""turn a string into an API call and execute it.
+		
+		This is a convenience method for "lazy" callers.
+		
+		The return value is also converted into a well-formed XML string.
+		"""
+		
+		if query == "aliases":
+			aliases = self.getaliases()
+			return "".join(map(str, aliases)).strip()
+		
+		elif query == "products":
+			variants = self.getproducts()
+			return "".join(map(str, variants)).strip()
+		
+		elif query.startswith("config"):
+			match = re.match("config\[(.*)\]", query)
+			if match:
+				config = self.getconfig(match.group(1))
+				return str(config).strip()
+			else:
+				raise BadQuery("syntax error")
+		
+		raise BadQuery("unknown query")
+
+	def getaliases(self, type=""):
+		"""extract all aliases of a given type.
+		
+		the default type is "".
+		to get all aliases pass type=ALL
+		"""
+		aliases = []
+		
+		for a in self.__raptor.cache.aliases.values():
+			if type == ALL or a.type == type:
+				# copy the members we want to expose
+				aliases.append( Alias(a.name, a.meaning) )
+			
+		return aliases
+	
+	def getconfig(self, name):
+		"""extract the values for a given configuration.
+		
+		'name' should be an alias or variant followed optionally by a
+		dot-separated list of variants. For example "armv5_urel" or
+		"armv5_urel.savespace.vasco".
+		"""
+		names = name.split(".")
+		if names[0] in self.__raptor.cache.aliases:
+			x = self.__raptor.cache.FindNamedAlias(names[0])
+			
+			if len(names) > 1:
+				fullname = x.meaning + "." + ".".join(names[1:])
+			else:
+				fullname = x.meaning
+				
+		elif names[0] in self.__raptor.cache.variants:
+			fullname = name
+			
+		else:
+			raise BadQuery("'%s' is not an alias or a variant" % names[0])
+		
+		# create an evaluator for the named configuration
+		tmp = raptor_data.Alias("tmp")
+		tmp.SetProperty("meaning", fullname)
+		
+		units = tmp.GenerateBuildUnits(self.__raptor.cache)
+		evaluator = self.__raptor.GetEvaluator(None, units[0])
+		
+		# get the outputpath
+		# this is messy as some configs construct the path inside the FLM
+		# rather than talking it from the XML: usually because of some
+		# conditional logic... but maybe some refactoring could avoid that.
+		releasepath = evaluator.Get("RELEASEPATH")
+		if not releasepath:
+			raise BadQuery("could not get RELEASEPATH for config '%s'" % name)
+		
+		variantplatform = evaluator.Get("VARIANTPLATFORM")
+		varianttype = evaluator.Get("VARIANTTYPE")
+		featurevariantname = evaluator.Get("FEATUREVARIANTNAME")
+		
+		platform = evaluator.Get("TRADITIONAL_PLATFORM")
+		
+		if platform == "TOOLS2":
+			outputpath = releasepath
+		else:
+			if not variantplatform:
+				raise BadQuery("could not get VARIANTPLATFORM for config '%s'" % name)
+			
+			if featurevariantname:
+				variantplatform += featurevariantname
+				
+			if not varianttype:
+				raise BadQuery("could not get VARIANTTYPE for config '%s'" % name)
+			
+			outputpath = str(generic_path.Join(releasepath, variantplatform, varianttype))
+		
+		return Config(fullname, outputpath)
+		
+	def getproducts(self):
+		"""extract all product variants."""
+		
+		variants = []
+		
+		for v in self.__raptor.cache.variants.values():
+			if v.type == "product":
+				# copy the members we want to expose
+				variants.append( Product(v.name) )
+			
+		return variants
+	
+class BadQuery(Exception):
+	pass
+
+# end of the raptor_api module