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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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 os
+import base64
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+from xossynchronizer.ansible_helper import run_template
+
+# from tests.steps.mock_modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+import json
+import time
+import pdb
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from functools import reduce
+
+
+def f7(seq):
+    seen = set()
+    seen_add = seen.add
+    return [x for x in seq if not (x in seen or seen_add(x))]
+
+
+def elim_dups(backend_str):
+    strs = backend_str.split(" // ")
+    strs2 = f7(strs)
+    return " // ".join(strs2)
+
+
+def deepgetattr(obj, attr):
+    return reduce(getattr, attr.split("."), obj)
+
+
+def obj_class_name(obj):
+    return getattr(obj, "model_name", obj.__class__.__name__)
+
+
+class InnocuousException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class DeferredException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class FailedDependency(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class SyncStep(object):
+    """ An XOS Sync step.
+
+    Attributes:
+        psmodel        Model name the step synchronizes
+        dependencies    list of names of models that must be synchronized first if the current model depends on them
+    """
+
+    # map_sync_outputs can return this value to cause a step to be marked
+    # successful without running ansible. Used for sync_network_controllers
+    # on nat networks.
+    SYNC_WITHOUT_RUNNING = "sync_without_running"
+
+    slow = False
+
+    def get_prop(self, prop):
+        # NOTE config_dir is never define, is this used?
+        sync_config_dir = Config.get("config_dir")
+        prop_config_path = "/".join(sync_config_dir, self.name, prop)
+        return open(prop_config_path).read().rstrip()
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        """Initialize a sync step
+           Keyword arguments:
+                   name -- Name of the step
+                provides -- XOS models sync'd by this step
+        """
+        dependencies = []
+        self.driver = args.get("driver")
+        self.error_map = args.get("error_map")
+
+        try:
+            self.soft_deadline = int(self.get_prop("soft_deadline_seconds"))
+        except BaseException:
+            self.soft_deadline = 5  # 5 seconds
+
+        if "log" in args:
+            self.log = args.get("log")
+
+        return
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deletion=False):
+        # This is the most common implementation of fetch_pending
+        # Steps should override it if they have their own logic
+        # for figuring out what objects are outstanding.
+
+        return model_accessor.fetch_pending(self.observes, deletion)
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        self.log.debug("In default sync record", **o.tologdict())
+
+        tenant_fields = self.map_sync_inputs(o)
+        if tenant_fields == SyncStep.SYNC_WITHOUT_RUNNING:
+            return
+
+        main_objs = self.observes
+        if isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = main_objs[0]
+
+        path = "".join(main_objs.__name__).lower()
+        res = run_template(self.playbook, tenant_fields, path=path, object=o)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_sync_outputs"):
+            self.map_sync_outputs(o, res)
+
+        self.log.debug("Finished default sync record", **o.tologdict())
+
+    def delete_record(self, o):
+        self.log.debug("In default delete record", **o.tologdict())
+
+        # If there is no map_delete_inputs, then assume deleting a record is a no-op.
+        if not hasattr(self, "map_delete_inputs"):
+            return
+
+        tenant_fields = self.map_delete_inputs(o)
+
+        main_objs = self.observes
+        if isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = main_objs[0]
+
+        path = "".join(main_objs.__name__).lower()
+
+        tenant_fields["delete"] = True
+        res = run_template(self.playbook, tenant_fields, path=path)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_delete_outputs"):
+            self.map_delete_outputs(o, res)
+        else:
+            # "rc" is often only returned when something bad happens, so assume that no "rc" implies a successful rc
+            # of 0.
+            if res[0].get("rc", 0) != 0:
+                raise Exception("Nonzero rc from Ansible during delete_record")
+
+        self.log.debug("Finished default delete record", **o.tologdict())