geni.urn

Simple library for manipulating URNs, particularly those used for GENI objects

Authority(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘authority’.

class Base(*args)

Base class representing any URN (RFC 2141).

__init__(*args)

Create a new generic URN

URNs can be initialized in one of two ways:

1. Passing a single string in URN format (‘urn:NID:NSS‘)
2. Passing two strings (the NID and the NSS) separately

static isValidNID(s)

Returns True if the string is a valid NID, False if not.

static isValidNSS(s)

Returns True if the string is a valid NSS, False if not.

static isValidURN(s)

Returns True if the string is a valid URN, False if not.

class GENI(*args)

Class representing the URNs used by GENI, which use the publicid NID and IDN (domain name) scheme, then impose some additional strucutre.

static GENIURNType(s)

Returns the type of the object if the URN is a valid GENI URN, or None otherwise.

TYPE_AUTHORITY = 'authority'

Aggregate Managers, Slice Authorities, etc.

TYPE_IMAGE = 'image'

Disk images

TYPE_INTERFACE = 'interface'

Network interfaces

TYPE_LINK = 'link'

Point-to-point and multipoint links

TYPE_NODE = 'node'

Physical and virtual machines

TYPE_SLICE = 'slice'

Container for allocated resources

TYPE_SLIVER = 'sliver'

Slice of a specific resource

TYPE_USER = 'user'

Principal

__init__(*args)

Create a URN in the format used for GENI objects

There are four forms of this constructor:

1. Pass a single string in GENI URN format (‘urn:publicid:IDN+auth+type+name‘)
2. Pass three arguments: the authority (a single string), the type (see the TYPE_ variables in this class), and the object name
3. Pass three arguments: as #2, but the authorit(ies) are passed as a list, with the top-level authority coming first, followed by any subauthorities
4. Pass three arguments: as #2, but the authority is a geni.aggregate.core.AM object, and the authority is taken from that object

authorities

Returns a list containing at least one authority string (the top level authority) and possibly additional subauthorities.

authority

Return a single string capturing the entire authority/subauthority chain

static isValidGENIURN(s)

Returns True if the given string is a valid URN in GENI format, False otherwise.

name

Returns the ‘name’ part of a GENI URN.

type

Returns the ‘type’ part of a GENI URN.

Image(authorities, name, version=None)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘image’.

Interface(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘interface’.

Link(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘link’.

Make(s)

Returns the ‘most specific’ URN object that it can for the given string.

Specifically, returns a GENI URN if the string is in GENI format, or a Base URN if it is not. May throw a MalformedURNError exception if the string is not a valid URN at all.

exception MalformedURNError(val)

Exception indicating that a string is not a proper URN.

Node(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘node’.

Slice(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘slice’.

Sliver(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘sliver’.

User(authorities, name)

Create a new GENI URN with type ‘user’.