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1 # QEMU Monitor Protocol Python class
2 #
3 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc.
5 # Authors:
6 # Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
8 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
9 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
11 import json
12 import errno
13 import socket
15 class QMPError(Exception):
16 pass
18 class QMPConnectError(QMPError):
19 pass
21 class QMPCapabilitiesError(QMPError):
22 pass
24 class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
25 def __init__(self, address):
26 """
27 Create a QEMUMonitorProtocol class.
29 @param address: QEMU address, can be either a unix socket path (string)
30 or a tuple in the form ( address, port ) for a TCP
31 connection
32 @note No connection is established, this is done by the connect() method
33 """
34 self.__events = []
35 self.__address = address
36 self.__sock = self.__get_sock()
37 self.__sockfile = self.__sock.makefile()
39 def __get_sock(self):
40 if isinstance(self.__address, tuple):
41 family = socket.AF_INET
42 else:
43 family = socket.AF_UNIX
44 return socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
46 def __json_read(self):
47 while True:
48 data = self.__sockfile.readline()
49 if not data:
50 return
51 resp = json.loads(data)
52 if 'event' in resp:
53 self.__events.append(resp)
54 continue
55 return resp
57 error = socket.error
59 def connect(self):
60 """
61 Connect to the QMP Monitor and perform capabilities negotiation.
63 @return QMP greeting dict
64 @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
65 @raise QMPConnectError if the greeting is not received
66 @raise QMPCapabilitiesError if fails to negotiate capabilities
67 """
68 self.__sock.connect(self.__address)
69 greeting = self.__json_read()
70 if greeting is None or not greeting.has_key('QMP'):
71 raise QMPConnectError
72 # Greeting seems ok, negotiate capabilities
73 resp = self.cmd('qmp_capabilities')
74 if "return" in resp:
75 return greeting
76 raise QMPCapabilitiesError
78 def cmd_obj(self, qmp_cmd):
79 """
80 Send a QMP command to the QMP Monitor.
82 @param qmp_cmd: QMP command to be sent as a Python dict
83 @return QMP response as a Python dict or None if the connection has
84 been closed
85 """
86 try:
87 self.__sock.sendall(json.dumps(qmp_cmd))
88 except socket.error, err:
89 if err[0] == errno.EPIPE:
90 return
91 raise socket.error(err)
92 return self.__json_read()
94 def cmd(self, name, args=None, id=None):
95 """
96 Build a QMP command and send it to the QMP Monitor.
98 @param name: command name (string)
99 @param args: command arguments (dict)
100 @param id: command id (dict, list, string or int)
102 qmp_cmd = { 'execute': name }
103 if args:
104 qmp_cmd['arguments'] = args
105 if id:
106 qmp_cmd['id'] = id
107 return self.cmd_obj(qmp_cmd)
109 def get_events(self):
111 Get a list of available QMP events.
113 self.__sock.setblocking(0)
114 try:
115 self.__json_read()
116 except socket.error, err:
117 if err[0] == errno.EAGAIN:
118 # No data available
119 pass
120 self.__sock.setblocking(1)
121 return self.__events
123 def clear_events(self):
125 Clear current list of pending events.
127 self.__events = []
129 def close(self):
130 self.__sock.close()
131 self.__sockfile.close()