devlib initial commit.
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+#    Copyright 2014-2015 ARM Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+import logging
+from inspect import isclass
+
+from devlib.utils.misc import walk_modules
+from devlib.utils.types import identifier
+
+
+__module_cache = {}
+
+
+class Module(object):
+
+    name = None
+    kind = None
+    # This is the stage at which the module will be installed. Current valid
+    # stages are:
+    #  'early' -- installed when the Target is first created. This should be
+    #             used for modules that do not rely on the main connection
+    #             being established (usually because the commumnitcate with the
+    #             target through some sorto of secondary connection, e.g. via
+    #             serial).
+    #  'connected' -- installed when a connection to to the target has been
+    #                 established. This is the default.
+    stage = 'connected'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def probe(target):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def install(cls, target, **params):
+        if cls.kind is not None:
+            attr_name = identifier(cls.kind)
+        else:
+            attr_name = identifier(cls.name)
+        if hasattr(target, attr_name):
+            existing_module = getattr(target, attr_name)
+            existing_name = getattr(existing_module, 'name', str(existing_module))
+            message = 'Attempting to install module "{}" which already exists (new: {}, existing: {})'
+            raise ValueError(message.format(attr_name, cls.name, existing_name))
+        setattr(target, attr_name, cls(target, **params))
+
+    def __init__(self, target):
+        self.target = target
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
+
+
+class HardRestModule(Module):  # pylint: disable=R0921
+
+    kind = 'hard_reset'
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class BootModule(Module):  # pylint: disable=R0921
+
+    kind = 'boot'
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def update(self, **kwargs):
+        for name, value in kwargs.iteritems():
+            if not hasattr(self, name):
+                raise ValueError('Unknown parameter "{}" for {}'.format(name, self.name))
+            self.logger.debug('Updating "{}" to "{}"'.format(name, value))
+            setattr(self, name, value)
+
+
+class FlashModule(Module):
+
+    kind = 'flash'
+
+    def __call__(self, image_bundle=None, images=None, boot_config=None):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def get_module(mod):
+    if not __module_cache:
+        __load_cache()
+
+    if isinstance(mod, basestring):
+        try:
+            return __module_cache[mod]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ValueError('Module "{}" does not exist'.format(mod))
+    elif issubclass(mod, Module):
+        return mod
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Not a valid module: {}'.format(mod))
+
+
+def register_module(mod):
+    if not issubclass(mod, Module):
+        raise ValueError('A module must subclass devlib.Module')
+    if mod.name is None:
+        raise ValueError('A module must define a name')
+    if mod.name in __module_cache:
+        raise ValueError('Module {} already exists'.format(mod.name))
+    __module_cache[mod.name] = mod
+
+
+def __load_cache():
+    for module in walk_modules('devlib.module'):
+        for obj in vars(module).itervalues():
+            if isclass(obj) and issubclass(obj, Module) and obj.name:
+                register_module(obj)