Add methods to fetch XMLs as dicts.

master/bt5/vifib_base/DocumentTemplateItem/SoftwareInstance.py

@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ class SoftwareInstance(Item):
   security.declareObjectProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation)
 
 
-  security.declareProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation,
-    'getSlaXmlAsDict')
-  def getSlaXmlAsDict(self):
-    """Returns SLA XML as python dictionary"""
+  def _getXmlAsDict(self, xml):
     result_dict = {}
-    xml = self.getSlaXml()
-    if xml is not None and xml != '':
+    if xml is None or xml == '':
+      return result_dict
+
     tree = etree.fromstring(xml.encode('utf-8'))
+
     for element in tree.findall('parameter'):
       key = element.get('id')
       value = result_dict.get(key, None)
@@ -68,6 +67,24 @@ class SoftwareInstance(Item):
       result_dict[key] = value
     return result_dict
 
+  security.declareProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation,
+    'getSlaXmlAsDict')
+  def getSlaXmlAsDict(self):
+    """Returns SLA XML as python dictionary"""
+    return self._getXmlAsDict(self.getSlaXml())
+
+  security.declareProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation,
+    'getInstanceXmlAsDict')
+  def getInstanceXmlAsDict(self):
+    """Returns Instance XML as python dictionary"""
+    return self._getXmlAsDict(self.getTextContent())
+
+  security.declareProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation,
+    'getConnectionXmlAsDict')
+  def getConnectionXmlAsDict(self):
+    """Returns Connection XML as python dictionary"""
+    return self._getXmlAsDict(self.getConnectionXml())
+
   security.declareProtected(Permissions.AccessContentsInformation,
     'checkNotCyclic')
   def checkNotCyclic(self, graph):

master/bt5/vifib_base/bt/revision

-401
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+402
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