LMIShellCache Package

class LMIShellCache.LMIShellCache(active=True, classname_list=None, class_dict=None, class_superclass_dict=None)

Class representing a LMIShell cache.

Parameters:

• active (bool) – specifies, if the cache is active
• classname_list (list) – list of strings of cached class names
• class_dict (dictionary) – cached CIMClass objects, where the key is the class name and value is CIMClass object
• class_superclass_dict (dictionary) – dictionary, where the key is namespace and value is dictionary of classname:superclass

active

Returns:True, if the cache is active; False otherwise

add_class(cim_class)

Stores a new CIMClass object into the cache.

Parameters:cim_class (CIMClass) – CIMClass object

add_superclass(classname, superclass, namespace)

Stores a new pair classname : superclassname into the cache.

Parameters:

• classname (string) – class name to be stored
• superclass (string) – super class name to be stored
• namespace (string) – namespace name of the classname

clear()

Clears the cache.

get_class(classname)

Parameters:classname (string) – cached class name Returns:cached CIMClass object, if proper class name provided, None otherwise

get_classes()

Returns:list of cached class names

get_superclass(classname, namespace)

Parameters:

• classname (string) – cached class name
• namespace (string) – namespace name

Returns:

cached superclass to the given class name

Return type:

string

has_superclass(classname, namespace)

Parameters:

• classname (string) – cached class name
• namespace (string) – namespace name

Returns:

True, if the cache contains superclass to the given class name; False otherwise

set_classes(classname_list)

Stores a new class names’ list.