Introduce set_prop helper function. It will be used in the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Boris Fiuczynski <fiuczy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
virtinst/xmlapi.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/virtinst/xmlapi.py b/virtinst/xmlapi.py
index 569e47f7498d..49ca0fa395cb 100644
--- a/virtinst/xmlapi.py
+++ b/virtinst/xmlapi.py
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ def get_prop(obj, prop_path):
return getattr(parent, pieces[-1])
+def set_prop(obj, prop_path, value):
+ """Set value of attribute identified by `prop_path`
+
+ Set the attribute of `obj` identified by `prop_path` (separated by
+ ".") to `value`. If any component along the path is missing an
+ `AttributeError` is raised.
+
+ """
+ parent = obj
+ pieces = prop_path.split(".")
+ for piece in pieces[:-1]:
+ parent = getattr(parent, piece)
+
+ return setattr(parent, pieces[-1], value)
+
+
class _XPathSegment(object):
"""
Class representing a single 'segment' of an xpath string. For example,
--
2.17.0
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