lib/t2-server/admin.rb
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# Author: Robert Haines
# :stopdoc:
# This comment is needed to stop the above licence from being included in the
# documentation multiple times. Sigh.
module T2Server
# :startdoc:
# This call provides access to the administrative interface of a Taverna
# Server instance.
#
# To get an instance of this class use the Server#administrator method.
# Special permissions will most likely be required above and beyond those
# assigned to most Taverna Server users.
class Administrator
include XML::Methods
# The resources held by this administrative interface. This is a Hash
# indexed by the name of the resource in lowercase.
attr_reader :resources
# :stopdoc:
ADMIN_ENDPOINT = "admin"
def initialize(server, credentials = nil)
@server = server
@uri = Util.append_to_uri_path(server.uri, ADMIN_ENDPOINT)
@credentials = credentials
admin_description = xml_document(@server.read(@uri, "application/xml",
@credentials))
@resources = get_resources(admin_description)
yield(self) if block_given?
end
# :startdoc:
# :call-seq:
# [name] -> AdminResource
#
# Return the named AdminResource.
def [](name)
@resources[name.downcase]
end
# :stopdoc:
def get_resource_value(uri)
@server.read(uri, "text/plain", @credentials)
end
def set_resource_value(uri, val)
@server.update(uri, val.to_s, "text/plain", @credentials)
end
# :startdoc:
private
def get_resources(doc)
links = {}
xml_children(doc.root) do |res|
uri = URI.parse(xml_node_attribute(res, 'href'))
write = @server.is_resource_writable?(uri, @credentials)
links[res.name.downcase] = AdminResource.new(res.name, uri, write, self)
end
links
end
# This class represents a resource in the Taverna Server administrative
# interface. A resource can be read only or read/write.
#
# Resources are created when the parent Administrator class is created and
# are accessed via the [] method within that class.
class AdminResource
# The name of this resource.
attr_reader :name
# The URI of this resource on the server.
attr_reader :uri
# :stopdoc:
def initialize(name, uri, writeable, parent)
@name = name
@uri = uri
@admin = parent
@writeable = writeable
make_writable if @writeable
end
# :startdoc:
# :call-seq:
# value -> string
# value=
#
# Get or set the value held by this resource. This call always queries
# the server as values can change without user intervention.
#
# The resource can only be set if it is writable.
def value
@admin.get_resource_value(@uri)
end
# :call-seq:
# writable? -> true or false
#
# Is this resource writable?
def writable?
@writeable
end
private
def make_writable
(class << self; self; end).instance_eval do
define_method "value=" do |value|
@admin.set_resource_value(@uri, value)
end
end
end
end
end
end