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+### $Id: remove.py 16497 2010-01-07 03:33:24Z tmack $
+### $URL: https://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/sfa/trunk/sfa/methods/remove.py $
+
+from sfa.util.faults import *
+from sfa.util.namespace import *
+from sfa.util.method import Method
+from sfa.util.parameter import Parameter, Mixed
+from sfa.util.debug import log
+from sfa.trust.credential import Credential
+
+class remove(Method):
+ """
+ Remove an object from the registry. If the object represents a PLC object,
+ then the PLC records will also be removed.
+
+ @param cred credential string
+ @param type record type
+ @param xrn human readable name of record to remove (hrn or urn)
+
+ @return 1 if successful, faults otherwise
+ """
+
+ interfaces = ['registry']
+
+ accepts = [
+ Parameter(str, "Credential string"),
+ Parameter(str, "Record type"),
+ Parameter(str, "Human readable name of slice to instantiate (hrn or urn)"),
+ Mixed(Parameter(str, "Human readable name of the original caller"),
+ Parameter(None, "Origin hrn not specified"))
+ ]
+
+ returns = Parameter(int, "1 if successful")
+
+ def call(self, cred, type, xrn, origin_hrn=None):
+ user_cred = Credential(string=cred)
+
+ # convert xrn to hrn
+ if type:
+ hrn = urn_to_hrn(xrn)[0]
+ else:
+ hrn, type = urn_to_hrn(xrn)
+
+ #log the call
+ if not origin_hrn:
+ origin_hrn = user_cred.get_gid_caller().get_hrn()
+ self.api.logger.info("interface: %s\tcaller-hrn: %s\ttarget-hrn: %s\tmethod-name: %s"%(self.api.interface, origin_hrn, hrn, self.name))
+
+ # validate the cred
+ self.api.auth.check(cred, "remove")
+ self.api.auth.verify_object_permission(hrn)
+
+ # send the call to the right manager
+ manager_base = 'sfa.managers'
+ mgr_type = self.api.config.SFA_REGISTRY_TYPE
+ manager_module = manager_base + ".registry_manager_%s" % mgr_type
+ manager = __import__(manager_module, fromlist=[manager_base])
+ return manager.remove(self.api, xrn, type, origin_hrn)