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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/config.py57
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/config.py b/python/vyos/config.py
index a5c1ad122..287fd2ed1 100644
--- a/python/vyos/config.py
+++ b/python/vyos/config.py
@@ -142,31 +142,41 @@ class Config(object):
def exists(self, path):
"""
- Checks if a node with given path exists in the running or proposed config
+ Checks if a node or value with given path exists in the proposed config.
+
+ Args:
+ path (str): Configuration tree path
Returns:
- True if node exists, False otherwise
+ True if node or value exists in the proposed config, False otherwise
Note:
- This function cannot be used outside a configuration sessions.
+ This function should not be used outside of configuration sessions.
In operational mode scripts, use ``exists_effective``.
"""
- if not self._session_config:
+ if self._session_config is None:
return False
+
+ # Assume the path is a node path first
if self._session_config.exists(self._make_path(path)):
return True
else:
+ # If that check fails, it may mean the path has a value at the end.
# libvyosconfig exists() works only for _nodes_, not _values_
- # libvyattacfg one also worked for values, so we emulate that case here
+ # libvyattacfg also worked for values, so we emulate that case here
if isinstance(path, str):
path = re.split(r'\s+', path)
path_without_value = path[:-1]
- path_str = " ".join(path_without_value)
try:
- value = self._session_config.return_value(self._make_path(path_str))
- return (value == path[-1])
+ # return_values() is safe to use with single-value nodes,
+ # it simply returns a single-item list in that case.
+ values = self._session_config.return_values(self._make_path(path_without_value))
+
+ # If we got this far, the node does exist and has values,
+ # so we need to check if it has the value in question among its values.
+ return (path[-1] in values)
except vyos.configtree.ConfigTreeError:
- # node doesn't exist at all
+ # Even the parent node doesn't exist at all
return False
def session_changed(self):
@@ -380,7 +390,7 @@ class Config(object):
def exists_effective(self, path):
"""
- Check if a node exists in the running (effective) config
+ Checks if a node or value exists in the running (effective) config.
Args:
path (str): Configuration tree path
@@ -392,10 +402,31 @@ class Config(object):
This function is safe to use in operational mode. In configuration mode,
it ignores uncommited changes.
"""
- if self._running_config:
- return(self._running_config.exists(self._make_path(path)))
+ if self._running_config is None:
+ return False
+
+ # Assume the path is a node path first
+ if self._running_config.exists(self._make_path(path)):
+ return True
+ else:
+ # If that check fails, it may mean the path has a value at the end.
+ # libvyosconfig exists() works only for _nodes_, not _values_
+ # libvyattacfg also worked for values, so we emulate that case here
+ if isinstance(path, str):
+ path = re.split(r'\s+', path)
+ path_without_value = path[:-1]
+ try:
+ # return_values() is safe to use with single-value nodes,
+ # it simply returns a single-item list in that case.
+ values = self._running_config.return_values(self._make_path(path_without_value))
+
+ # If we got this far, the node does exist and has values,
+ # so we need to check if it has the value in question among its values.
+ return (path[-1] in values)
+ except vyos.configtree.ConfigTreeError:
+ # Even the parent node doesn't exist at all
+ return False
- return False
def return_effective_value(self, path, default=None):
"""