ncdiff.ConfigDelta class¶

class ncdiff.ConfigDelta(config_src, config_dst=None, delta=None, preferred_create='merge', preferred_replace='merge', preferred_delete='delete')[source]¶

Bases: object

Abstraction of a delta of two Config instances. This delta could be considered as a config state transition, from a source state to a destination state.

config_src¶

An instance of yang.ncdiff.Config, which is the source config state of a transition.

Type:	`Config`

config_dst¶

An instance of yang.ncdiff.Config, which is the destination config state of a transition.

Type:	`Config`

nc¶

A lxml Element which contains the delta. This attribute can be used by ncclient edit_config() directly. It is the Netconf presentation of a ConfigDelta instance.

Type:	`Element`

ns¶

A dictionary of namespaces used by the attribute ‘nc’. Keys are prefixes and values are URLs.

Type:	`dict`

models¶

A list of model names that self.roots belong to.

Type:	`list`

roots¶

A dictionary of roots of self.nc. Dictionary keys are tags of roots in {url}tagname notation, and values are corresponding model names.

Type:	`dict`

preferred_create¶

Preferred operation of creating a new element. Choice of ‘merge’, ‘create’ or ‘replace’.

Type:	`str`

preferred_replace¶

Preferred operation of replacing an existing element. Choice of ‘merge’ or ‘replace’.

Type:	`str`

preferred_delete¶

Preferred operation of deleting an existing element. Choice of ‘delete’ or ‘remove’.

Type:	`str`

__init__ instantiates a ConfigDelta instance.