Hi,
I'm attempting to use argparse to write a simple script to perform operations
on various types of servers:
manage_servers.py <operation> <type_of_server>
Operations are things like check, build, deploy, configure, verify etc.
Types of server are just different types of inhouse servers we use.
We have a generic server class, and specific types that inherit from that:
class Server
def configure_logging(self, loggin_file):
...
def check(self):
...
def deploy(self):
...
def configure(self):
...
def __init__(self, hostname):
self.hostname = hostname
logging = self.configure_logging(LOG_FILENAME)
class SpamServer(Server):
def check(self):
...
class HamServer(Server):
def deploy(self):
...
My question is how to link that all up to argparse?
Originally, I was using argparse subparses for the operations (check, build,
deploy) and another argument for the type.
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help='The operation that you want to run on
the server.')
parser_check = subparsers.add_parser('check', help='Check that the server has
been setup correctly.')
parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('build', help='Download and build a copy
of the execution stack.')
parser_build.add_argument('-r', '--revision', help='SVN revision to build
from.')
...
parser.add_argument('type_of_server', action='store', choices=types_of_servers,
help='The type of server you wish to create.')
Normally, you'd link each subparse to a method - and then pass in the
type_of_server as an argument. However, that's slightly backwards due to the
classes- I need to create an instance of the appropriate Server class, then
call the operation method inside of that - not a generic check/build/configure
module
Any ideas of how I could achieve the above? Perhaps a different design pattern
for Servers? Or any way to mould argparse to work with this?
Thanks,
Victor
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