server/hypervisor.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Copyright 2007 Google Inc. Released under the GPL v2

"""This module defines the Hypervisor class

	Hypervisor: a virtual machine monitor
"""

__author__ = """mbligh@google.com (Martin J. Bligh),
poirier@google.com (Benjamin Poirier),
stutsman@google.com (Ryan Stutsman)"""


import installable_object


class Hypervisor(installable_object.InstallableObject):
	"""This class represents a virtual machine monitor.
	
	Implementation details:
	This is an abstract class, leaf subclasses must implement the methods
	listed here and in parent classes which have no implementation. They 
	may reimplement methods which already have an implementation. You 
	must not instantiate this class but should instantiate one of those 
	leaf subclasses."""
	
	host = None
	guests = None
	
	def __init__(self, host):
		super(Hypervisor, self).__init__()
		self.host= host
	
	def new_guest(self):
		pass
	
	def delete_guest(self, guest_hostname):
		pass
	
	def reset_guest(self, guest_hostname):
		pass