virt-manager/virtinst/xmlbuilder.py

#
# Base class for all VM devices
#
# Copyright 2008, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
# Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
# MA 02110-1301 USA.

import copy
import logging
import os
import re
import string  # pylint: disable=deprecated-module

import libxml2

from . import util


# pylint: disable=protected-access
# This whole file is calling around into non-public functions that we
# don't want regular API users to touch

_trackprops = bool("VIRTINST_TEST_SUITE" in os.environ)
_allprops = []
_seenprops = []

# Convenience global to prevent _remove_xpath_node from unlinking the
# top relavtive node in certain cases
_top_node = None


class _DocCleanupWrapper(object):
    def __init__(self, doc):
        self._doc = doc
    def __del__(self):
        self._doc.freeDoc()


class _CtxCleanupWrapper(object):
    def __init__(self, ctx):
        self._ctx = ctx
    def __del__(self):
        self._ctx.xpathFreeContext()
        self._ctx = None
    def __getattr__(self, attrname):
        return getattr(self._ctx, attrname)


def _make_xml_context(node):
    doc = node.doc
    ctx = _CtxCleanupWrapper(doc.xpathNewContext())
    ctx.setContextNode(node)
    return ctx


def _tuplify_lists(*args):
    """
    Similar to zip(), but use None if lists aren't long enough, and
    don't skip any None list entry
    """
    args = [util.listify(l) for l in args]
    maxlen = max([len(l) for l in args])

    ret = []
    for idx in range(maxlen):
        tup = tuple()
        for l in args:
            tup += (idx >= len(l) and (None,) or (l[idx],))
        ret.append(tup)
    return ret


def _sanitize_libxml_xml(xml):
    # Strip starting <?...> line
    if xml.startswith("<?"):
        ignore, xml = xml.split("\n", 1)
    if not xml.endswith("\n") and xml.count("\n"):
        xml += "\n"
    return xml


def _get_xpath_node(ctx, xpath):
    node = ctx.xpathEval(xpath)
    return (node and node[0] or None)


def _add_pretty_child(parentnode, newnode):
    """
    Add 'newnode' as a child of 'parentnode', but try to preserve
    whitespace and nicely format the result.
    """
    def node_is_text(n):
        return bool(n and n.type == "text" and not n.content.count("<"))

    def prevSibling(node):
        parent = node.get_parent()
        if not parent:
            return None

        prev = None
        for child in parent.children:
            if child == node:
                return prev
            prev = child

        return None

    sib = parentnode.get_last()
    if not node_is_text(sib):
        # This case is when we add a child element to a node for the
        # first time, like:
        #
        # <features/>
        # to
        # <features>
        #   <acpi/>
        # </features>
        prevsib = prevSibling(parentnode)
        if node_is_text(prevsib):
            sib = libxml2.newText(prevsib.content)
        else:
            sib = libxml2.newText("\n")
        parentnode.addChild(sib)

    # This case is adding a child element to an already properly
    # spaced element. Example:
    # <features>
    #   <acpi/>
    # </features>
    # to
    # <features>
    #   <acpi/>
    #   <apic/>
    # </features>
    sib = parentnode.get_last()
    content = sib.content
    sib = sib.addNextSibling(libxml2.newText("  "))
    txt = libxml2.newText(content)

    sib.addNextSibling(newnode)
    newnode.addNextSibling(txt)
    return newnode


def _build_xpath_node(ctx, xpath):
    """
    Build all nodes for the passed xpath. For example, if 'ctx' xml=<foo/>,
    and xpath=./bar/@baz, after this function the 'ctx' XML will be:

      <foo>
        <bar baz=''/>
      </foo>

    And the node pointing to @baz will be returned, for the caller to
    do with as they please.
    """
    def _handle_node(nodename, parentnode, parentpath):
        # If the passed xpath snippet (nodename) exists, return the node
        # If it doesn't exist, create it, and return the new node

        # If nodename is a node property, we can handle it up front
        if nodename.startswith("@"):
            nodename = nodename.strip("@")
            return parentnode.setProp(nodename, ""), parentpath

        if not parentpath:
            parentpath = nodename
        else:
            parentpath += "/%s" % nodename

        # See if the xpath node already exists
        node = _get_xpath_node(ctx, parentpath)
        if node:
            # xpath node already exists, so we don't need to create anything
            return node, parentpath

        # If we don't have a parentnode by this point, the root of the
        # xpath didn't find anything. Usually a coding error
        if not parentnode:
            raise RuntimeError("Could not find XML root node")

        # Remove conditional xpath elements for node creation. We preserved
        # them up until this point since it was needed for proper xpath
        # lookup, but they aren't valid syntax when creating the node
        if nodename.count("["):
            nodename = nodename[:nodename.index("[")]

        newnode = libxml2.newNode(nodename)
        return _add_pretty_child(parentnode, newnode), parentpath


    # Split the xpath and lookup/create each individual piece
    parentpath = None
    parentnode = None
    for nodename in xpath.split("/"):
        parentnode, parentpath = _handle_node(nodename, parentnode, parentpath)

    return parentnode


def _remove_xpath_node(ctx, xpath, dofree=True):
    """
    Remove an XML node tree if it has no content
    """
    nextxpath = xpath
    root_node = ctx.contextNode()

    while nextxpath:
        curxpath = nextxpath
        is_orig = (curxpath == xpath)
        node = _get_xpath_node(ctx, curxpath)

        if curxpath.count("/"):
            nextxpath, ignore = curxpath.rsplit("/", 1)
        else:
            nextxpath = None

        if not node:
            continue

        if node.type not in ["attribute", "element"]:
            continue

        if node.type == "element" and (node.children or node.properties):
            # Only do a deep unlink if it was the original requested path
            if not is_orig:
                continue

        if node == root_node or node == _top_node:
            # Don't unlink the root node, since it's spread out to all
            # child objects and it ends up wreaking havoc.
            break

        # Look for preceding whitespace and remove it
        white = node.get_prev()
        if white and white.type == "text" and not white.content.count("<"):
            white.unlinkNode()
            white.freeNode()

        node.unlinkNode()
        if dofree:
            node.freeNode()


class XMLChildProperty(property):
    """
    Property that points to a class used for parsing a subsection of
    of the parent XML. For example when we deligate parsing
    /domain/cpu/feature of the /domain/cpu class.

    @child_classes: Single class or list of classes to parse state into
    @relative_xpath: Relative location where the class is rooted compared
        to its _XML_ROOT_PATH. So interface xml can have nested
        interfaces rooted at /interface/bridge/interface, so we pass
        ./bridge/interface here for example.
    """
    def __init__(self, child_classes, relative_xpath=".", is_single=False):
        self.child_classes = util.listify(child_classes)
        self.relative_xpath = relative_xpath
        self.is_single = is_single
        self._propname = None

        if self.is_single and len(self.child_classes) > 1:
            raise RuntimeError("programming error: Can't specify multiple "
                               "child_classes with is_single")

        property.__init__(self, self._fget)

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<XMLChildProperty %s %s>" % (str(self.child_classes), id(self))

    def _findpropname(self, xmlbuilder):
        if self._propname is None:
            for key, val in xmlbuilder._all_child_props().items():
                if val is self:
                    self._propname = key
                    break
        if self._propname is None:
            raise RuntimeError("Didn't find expected property=%s" % self)
        return self._propname

    def _get(self, xmlbuilder):
        propname = self._findpropname(xmlbuilder)
        if propname not in xmlbuilder._propstore and not self.is_single:
            xmlbuilder._propstore[propname] = []
        return xmlbuilder._propstore[propname]

    def _fget(self, xmlbuilder):
        if self.is_single:
            return self._get(xmlbuilder)
        return self._get(xmlbuilder)[:]

    def clear(self, xmlbuilder):
        if self.is_single:
            self._get(xmlbuilder).clear()
        else:
            for obj in self._get(xmlbuilder)[:]:
                xmlbuilder.remove_child(obj)

    def append(self, xmlbuilder, newobj):
        # Keep the list ordered by the order of passed in child classes
        objlist = self._get(xmlbuilder)
        if len(self.child_classes) == 1:
            objlist.append(newobj)
            return

        idx = 0
        for idx, obj in enumerate(objlist):
            obj = objlist[idx]
            if (obj.__class__ not in self.child_classes or
                (self.child_classes.index(newobj.__class__) <
                 self.child_classes.index(obj.__class__))):
                break
            idx += 1

        objlist.insert(idx, newobj)
    def remove(self, xmlbuilder, obj):
        self._get(xmlbuilder).remove(obj)
    def set(self, xmlbuilder, obj):
        xmlbuilder._propstore[self._findpropname(xmlbuilder)] = obj

    def get_prop_xpath(self, xmlbuilder, obj):
        relative_xpath = self.relative_xpath + "/" + obj._XML_ROOT_NAME

        match = re.search("%\((.*)\)", self.relative_xpath)
        if match:
            valuedict = {}
            for paramname in match.groups():
                valuedict[paramname] = getattr(xmlbuilder, paramname)
            relative_xpath = relative_xpath % valuedict

        return relative_xpath


class XMLProperty(property):
    def __init__(self, xpath, doc=None,
                 set_converter=None, validate_cb=None,
                 is_bool=False, is_int=False, is_yesno=False, is_onoff=False,
                 default_cb=None, default_name=None, do_abspath=False):
        """
        Set a XMLBuilder class property that maps to a value in an XML
        document, indicated by the passed xpath. For example, for a
        <domain><name> the definition may look like:

          name = XMLProperty("./name")

        When building XML from scratch (virt-install), 'name' works
        similar to a regular class property(). When parsing and editing
        existing guest XML, we  use the xpath value to get/set the value
        in the parsed XML document.

        @param doc: option doc string for the property
        @param xpath: xpath string which maps to the associated property
                      in a typical XML document
        @param name: Just a string to print for debugging, only needed
            if xpath isn't specified.
        @param set_converter: optional function for converting the property
            value from the virtinst API to the guest XML. For example,
            the Guest.memory API was once in MiB, but the libvirt domain
            memory API is in KiB. So, if xpath is specified, on a 'get'
            operation we convert the XML value with int(val) / 1024.
        @param validate_cb: Called once when value is set, should
            raise a RuntimeError if the value is not proper.
        @param is_bool: Whether this is a boolean property in the XML
        @param is_int: Whether this is an integer property in the XML
        @param is_yesno: Whether this is a yes/no property in the XML
        @param is_onoff: Whether this is an on/off property in the XML
        @param default_cb: If building XML from scratch, and this property
            is never explicitly altered, this function is called for setting
            a default value in the XML, and for any 'get' call before the
            first explicit 'set'.
        @param default_name: If the user does a set and passes in this
            value, instead use the value of default_cb()
        @param do_abspath: If True, run os.path.abspath on the passed value
        """
        self._xpath = xpath
        if not self._xpath:
            raise RuntimeError("XMLProperty: xpath must be passed.")
        self._propname = None

        self._is_bool = is_bool
        self._is_int = is_int
        self._is_yesno = is_yesno
        self._is_onoff = is_onoff
        self._do_abspath = do_abspath

        self._validate_cb = validate_cb
        self._convert_value_for_setter_cb = set_converter
        self._default_cb = default_cb
        self._default_name = default_name

        if sum([int(bool(i)) for i in
                [self._is_bool, self._is_int,
                 self._is_yesno, self._is_onoff]]) > 1:
            raise RuntimeError("Conflict property converter options.")

        if self._default_name and not self._default_cb:
            raise RuntimeError("default_name requires default_cb.")

        self._is_tracked = False
        if _trackprops:
            _allprops.append(self)

        property.__init__(self, fget=self.getter, fset=self.setter)
        self.__doc__ = doc


    def __repr__(self):
        return "<XMLProperty %s %s>" % (str(self._xpath), id(self))


    ####################
    # Internal helpers #
    ####################

    def _findpropname(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        Map the raw property() instance to the param name it's exposed
        as in the XMLBuilder class. This is just for debug purposes.
        """
        if self._propname is None:
            for key, val in xmlbuilder._all_xml_props().items():
                if val is self:
                    self._propname = key
                    break
        if self._propname is None:
            raise RuntimeError("Didn't find expected property=%s" % self)
        return self._propname

    def _make_xpath(self, xmlbuilder):
        return xmlbuilder.fix_relative_xpath(self._xpath)


    def _build_node_list(self, xmlbuilder, xpath):
        """
        Build list of nodes that the passed xpaths reference
        """
        nodes = _get_xpath_node(xmlbuilder._xmlstate.xml_ctx, xpath)
        return util.listify(nodes)

    def _convert_get_value(self, val):
        # pylint: disable=redefined-variable-type
        if self._default_name and val == self._default_name:
            ret = val
        elif self._is_bool:
            ret = bool(val)
        elif self._is_int and val is not None:
            intkwargs = {}
            if "0x" in str(val):
                intkwargs["base"] = 16
            ret = int(val, **intkwargs)
        elif self._is_yesno and val is not None:
            ret = bool(val == "yes")
        elif self._is_onoff and val is not None:
            ret = bool(val == "on")
        else:
            ret = val
        return ret

    def _convert_set_value(self, xmlbuilder, val):
        if self._default_name and val == self._default_name:
            val = self._default_cb(xmlbuilder)
        elif self._do_abspath and val is not None:
            val = os.path.abspath(val)
        elif self._is_onoff and val is not None:
            val = bool(val) and "on" or "off"
        elif self._is_yesno and val is not None:
            val = bool(val) and "yes" or "no"
        elif self._is_int and val is not None:
            intkwargs = {}
            if "0x" in str(val):
                intkwargs["base"] = 16
            val = int(val, **intkwargs)

        if self._convert_value_for_setter_cb:
            val = self._convert_value_for_setter_cb(xmlbuilder, val)
        return val

    def _prop_is_unset(self, xmlbuilder):
        propname = self._findpropname(xmlbuilder)
        return (propname not in xmlbuilder._propstore)

    def _default_get_value(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        Return (can use default, default value)
        """
        ret = (False, -1)
        if not xmlbuilder._xmlstate.is_build:
            return ret
        if not self._prop_is_unset(xmlbuilder):
            return ret
        if not self._default_cb:
            return ret

        if self._default_name:
            return (True, self._default_name)
        return (True, self._default_cb(xmlbuilder))


    def _set_default(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        Encode the property default into the XML and propstore, but
        only if a default is registered, and only if the property was
        not already explicitly set by the API user.

        This is called during the get_xml_config process and shouldn't
        be called from outside this file.
        """
        candefault, val = self._default_get_value(xmlbuilder)
        if not candefault:
            return
        self.setter(xmlbuilder, val, validate=False)

    def _nonxml_fset(self, xmlbuilder, val):
        """
        This stores the value in XMLBuilder._propstore
        dict as propname->value. This saves us from having to explicitly
        track every variable.
        """
        propstore = xmlbuilder._propstore
        proporder = xmlbuilder._proporder

        propname = self._findpropname(xmlbuilder)
        propstore[propname] = val

        if propname in proporder:
            proporder.remove(propname)
        proporder.append(propname)

    def _nonxml_fget(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        The flip side to nonxml_fset, fetch the value from
        XMLBuilder._propstore
        """
        candefault, val = self._default_get_value(xmlbuilder)
        if candefault:
            return val

        propname = self._findpropname(xmlbuilder)
        return xmlbuilder._propstore.get(propname, None)

    def clear(self, xmlbuilder):
        self.setter(xmlbuilder, None)
        self._set_xml(xmlbuilder, None)


    ##################################
    # The actual getter/setter impls #
    ##################################

    def getter(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        Fetch value at user request. If we are parsing existing XML and
        the user hasn't done a 'set' yet, return the value from the XML,
        otherwise return the value from propstore

        If this is a built from scratch object, we never pull from XML
        since it's known to the empty, and we may want to return
        a 'default' value
        """
        if _trackprops and not self._is_tracked:
            _seenprops.append(self)
            self._is_tracked = True

        # pylint: disable=redefined-variable-type
        if (self._prop_is_unset(xmlbuilder) and
            not xmlbuilder._xmlstate.is_build):
            val = self._get_xml(xmlbuilder)
        else:
            val = self._nonxml_fget(xmlbuilder)
        ret = self._convert_get_value(val)
        return ret

    def _get_xml(self, xmlbuilder):
        """
        Actually fetch the associated value from the backing XML
        """
        xpath = self._make_xpath(xmlbuilder)
        node = _get_xpath_node(xmlbuilder._xmlstate.xml_ctx, xpath)
        if not node:
            return None

        content = node.content
        if self._is_bool:
            content = True
        return content

    def setter(self, xmlbuilder, val, validate=True):
        """
        Set the value at user request. This just stores the value
        in propstore. Setting the actual XML is only done at
        get_xml_config time.
        """
        if _trackprops and not self._is_tracked:
            _seenprops.append(self)
            self._is_tracked = True

        if validate and self._validate_cb:
            self._validate_cb(xmlbuilder, val)
        self._nonxml_fset(xmlbuilder,
                          self._convert_set_value(xmlbuilder, val))

    def _set_xml(self, xmlbuilder, setval, root_node=None):
        """
        Actually set the passed value in the XML document
        """
        if root_node is None:
            root_node = xmlbuilder._xmlstate.xml_node
            ctx = xmlbuilder._xmlstate.xml_ctx
        else:
            ctx = _make_xml_context(root_node)

        xpath = self._make_xpath(xmlbuilder)

        if setval is None or setval is False:
            _remove_xpath_node(ctx, xpath)
            return

        node = _get_xpath_node(ctx, xpath)
        if not node:
            node = _build_xpath_node(ctx, xpath)

        if setval is True:
            # Boolean property, creating the node is enough
            return

        node.setContent(util.xml_escape(str(setval)))


class _XMLState(object):
    def __init__(self, root_name, parsexml, parsexmlnode,
                 parent_xpath, relative_object_xpath):
        self.root_name = root_name
        self.stub_path = "/%s" % self.root_name

        self.xml_ctx = None
        self.xml_node = None
        self.xml_root_doc = None

        # xpath of this object relative to its parent. So for a standalone
        # <disk> this is empty, but if the disk is the forth one in a <domain>
        # it will be set to ./devices/disk[4]
        self._relative_object_xpath = relative_object_xpath or ""

        # xpath of the parent. For a disk in a standalone <domain>, this
        # is empty, but if the <domain> is part of a <domainsnapshot>,
        # it will be "./domain"
        self._parent_xpath = parent_xpath or ""

        self.is_build = False
        if not parsexml and not parsexmlnode:
            self.is_build = True
        self._parse(parsexml, parsexmlnode)

    def _parse(self, xml, node):
        if node:
            self.xml_root_doc = None
            self.xml_node = node
            self.is_build = (getattr(node, "virtinst_is_build", False) or
                             self.is_build)
        else:
            if not xml:
                xml = self.make_xml_stub()

            try:
                doc = libxml2.parseDoc(xml)
            except:
                logging.debug("Error parsing xml=\n%s", xml)
                raise

            self.xml_root_doc = _DocCleanupWrapper(doc)
            self.xml_node = doc.children
            self.xml_node.virtinst_is_build = self.is_build
            self.xml_node.virtinst_node_top_xpath = self.stub_path

            # This just stores a reference to our root doc wrapper in
            # the root node, so when the node goes away it triggers
            # auto free'ing of the doc
            self.xml_node.virtinst_root_doc = self.xml_root_doc

        self.xml_ctx = _make_xml_context(self.xml_node)

    def make_xml_stub(self):
        return "<%s/>" % self.root_name

    def set_relative_object_xpath(self, xpath):
        self._relative_object_xpath = xpath or ""

    def set_parent_xpath(self, xpath):
        self._parent_xpath = xpath or ""

    def get_root_xpath(self):
        relpath = self._relative_object_xpath
        if not self._parent_xpath:
            return relpath
        return self._parent_xpath + (relpath.startswith(".") and
                                     relpath[1:] or relpath)

    def fix_relative_xpath(self, xpath):
        fullpath = self.get_root_xpath()
        if not fullpath or fullpath == self.stub_path:
            return xpath
        if xpath.startswith("."):
            return "%s%s" % (fullpath, xpath.strip("."))
        if xpath.count("/") == 1:
            return fullpath
        return fullpath + "/" + xpath.split("/", 2)[2]

    def get_node_top_xpath(self):
        """
        Return the XML path of the root xml_node
        """
        return self.xml_node.virtinst_node_top_xpath

    def get_node_xml(self, ctx):
        node = _get_xpath_node(ctx, self.fix_relative_xpath("."))
        if not node:
            return ""
        return _sanitize_libxml_xml(node.serialize())


class XMLBuilder(object):
    """
    Base for all classes which build or parse domain XML
    """
    # Order that we should apply values to the XML. Keeps XML generation
    # consistent with what the test suite expects.
    _XML_PROP_ORDER = []

    # Name of the root XML element
    _XML_ROOT_NAME = None

    # In some cases, libvirt can incorrectly generate unparseable XML.
    # These are libvirt bugs, but this allows us to work around it in
    # for specific XML classes.
    #
    # Example: nodedev 'system' XML:
    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184131
    _XML_SANITIZE = False

    def __init__(self, conn, parsexml=None, parsexmlnode=None,
                 parent_xpath=None, relative_object_xpath=None):
        """
        Initialize state

        @param conn: libvirt connection to validate device against
        @type conn: VirtualConnection
        @param parsexml: Optional XML string to parse
        @type parsexml: C{str}

        The rest of the parameters are for internal use only
        """
        self.conn = conn

        if self._XML_SANITIZE:
            parsexml = parsexml.decode('ascii', 'ignore').encode('ascii')
            parsexml = "".join([c for c in parsexml if c in string.printable])

        self._propstore = {}
        self._proporder = []
        self._xmlstate = _XMLState(self._XML_ROOT_NAME,
                                   parsexml, parsexmlnode,
                                   parent_xpath, relative_object_xpath)

        self._initial_child_parse()

    def _initial_child_parse(self):
        # Walk the XML tree and hand of parsing to any registered
        # child classes
        for xmlprop in self._all_child_props().values():
            if xmlprop.is_single:
                child_class = xmlprop.child_classes[0]
                prop_path = xmlprop.get_prop_xpath(self, child_class)
                obj = child_class(self.conn,
                    parsexmlnode=self._xmlstate.xml_node,
                    parent_xpath=self.get_root_xpath(),
                    relative_object_xpath=prop_path)
                xmlprop.set(self, obj)
                continue

            if self._xmlstate.is_build:
                continue

            for child_class in xmlprop.child_classes:
                prop_path = xmlprop.get_prop_xpath(self, child_class)

                nodecount = int(self._xmlstate.xml_node.xpathEval(
                    "count(%s)" % self.fix_relative_xpath(prop_path)))
                for idx in range(nodecount):
                    idxstr = "[%d]" % (idx + 1)
                    obj = child_class(self.conn,
                        parsexmlnode=self._xmlstate.xml_node,
                        parent_xpath=self.get_root_xpath(),
                        relative_object_xpath=(prop_path + idxstr))
                    xmlprop.append(self, obj)

        self._set_child_xpaths()


    ########################
    # Public XML Internals #
    ########################

    def copy(self):
        """
        Do a shallow copy of the device
        """
        ret = copy.copy(self)
        ret._propstore = ret._propstore.copy()
        ret._proporder = ret._proporder[:]

        # XMLChildProperty stores a list in propstore, which dict shallow
        # copy won't fix for us.
        for name, value in ret._propstore.items():
            if type(value) is not list:
                continue
            ret._propstore[name] = [obj.copy() for obj in ret._propstore[name]]

        return ret

    def get_root_xpath(self):
        return self._xmlstate.get_root_xpath()

    def fix_relative_xpath(self, xpath):
        return self._xmlstate.fix_relative_xpath(xpath)


    ############################
    # Public XML managing APIs #
    ############################

    def get_xml_config(self):
        """
        Return XML string of the object
        """
        data = self._prepare_get_xml()
        try:
            return self._do_get_xml_config()
        finally:
            self._finish_get_xml(data)

    def clear(self, leave_stub=False):
        """
        Wipe out all properties of the object

        :param leave_stub: if True, don't unlink the top stub node,
            see virtinst/cli usage for an explanation
        """
        global _top_node
        old_top_node = _top_node
        try:
            if leave_stub:
                _top_node = _get_xpath_node(self._xmlstate.xml_ctx,
                                            self.get_root_xpath())
            props = self._all_xml_props().values()
            props += self._all_child_props().values()
            for prop in props:
                prop.clear(self)
        finally:
            _top_node = old_top_node

        is_child = bool(re.match("^.*\[\d+\]$", self.get_root_xpath()))
        if is_child or leave_stub:
            # User requested to clear an object that is the child of
            # another object (xpath ends in [1] etc). We can't fully remove
            # the node in that case, since then the xmlbuilder object is
            # no longer valid, and all the other child xpaths will be
            # pointing to the wrong node. So just stub out the content
            node = _get_xpath_node(self._xmlstate.xml_ctx,
                                   self.get_root_xpath())
            indent = 2 * self.get_root_xpath().count("/")
            if node:
                node.setContent("\n" + (indent * " "))
        else:
            _remove_xpath_node(self._xmlstate.xml_ctx,
                               self.get_root_xpath())

    def validate(self):
        """
        Validate any set values and raise an exception if there's
        a problem
        """
        pass

    def set_defaults(self, guest):
        """
        Encode any default values if needed
        """
        ignore = guest


    ###################
    # Child overrides #
    ###################

    def _prepare_get_xml(self):
        """
        Subclasses can override this to do any pre-get_xml_config setup.
        Returns data to pass to finish_get_xml
        """
        return None

    def _finish_get_xml(self, data):
        """
        Called after get_xml_config. Data is whatever was returned by
        _prepare_get_xml
        """
        ignore = data


    ################
    # Internal API #
    ################

    def __get_prop_cache(self, cachename, checkclass):
        if not hasattr(self.__class__, cachename):
            ret = {}
            for c in reversed(type.mro(self.__class__)[:-1]):
                for key, val in c.__dict__.items():
                    if isinstance(val, checkclass):
                        ret[key] = val
            setattr(self.__class__, cachename, ret)
        return getattr(self.__class__, cachename)

    def _all_xml_props(self):
        """
        Return a list of all XMLProperty instances that this class has.
        """
        cachename = self.__class__.__name__ + "_cached_xml_props"
        return self.__get_prop_cache(cachename, XMLProperty)

    def _all_child_props(self):
        """
        Return a list of all XMLChildProperty instances that this class has.
        """
        cachename = self.__class__.__name__ + "_cached_child_props"
        return self.__get_prop_cache(cachename, XMLChildProperty)


    def _set_parent_xpath(self, xpath):
        self._xmlstate.set_parent_xpath(xpath)
        for propname in self._all_child_props():
            for p in util.listify(getattr(self, propname, [])):
                p._set_parent_xpath(self.get_root_xpath())

    def _set_relative_object_xpath(self, xpath):
        self._xmlstate.set_relative_object_xpath(xpath)
        for propname in self._all_child_props():
            for p in util.listify(getattr(self, propname, [])):
                p._set_parent_xpath(self.get_root_xpath())

    def _find_child_prop(self, child_class, return_single=False):
        xmlprops = self._all_child_props()
        for xmlprop in xmlprops.values():
            if xmlprop.is_single and not return_single:
                continue
            if child_class in xmlprop.child_classes:
                return xmlprop
        raise RuntimeError("programming error: "
                           "Didn't find child property for child_class=%s" %
                           child_class)

    def _parse_with_children(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Set new backing XML objects in ourselves and all our child props
        """
        self._xmlstate._parse(*args, **kwargs)
        for propname in self._all_child_props():
            for p in util.listify(getattr(self, propname, [])):
                p._xmlstate._parse(None, self._xmlstate.xml_node)

    def add_child(self, obj):
        """
        Insert the passed XMLBuilder object into our XML document. The
        object needs to have an associated mapping via XMLChildProperty
        or an error is thrown.
        """
        xmlprop = self._find_child_prop(obj.__class__)
        xml = obj.get_xml_config()
        xmlprop.append(self, obj)
        self._set_child_xpaths()

        if not obj._xmlstate.is_build:
            use_xpath = obj.get_root_xpath().rsplit("/", 1)[0]
            indent = 2 * obj.get_root_xpath().count("/")
            newnode = libxml2.parseDoc(util.xml_indent(xml, indent)).children
            parentnode = _build_xpath_node(self._xmlstate.xml_ctx, use_xpath)
            # Tack newnode on the end
            _add_pretty_child(parentnode, newnode)
        obj._parse_with_children(None, self._xmlstate.xml_node)

    def remove_child(self, obj):
        """
        Remove the passed XMLBuilder object from our XML document, but
        ensure its data isn't altered.
        """
        xmlprop = self._find_child_prop(obj.__class__)
        xmlprop.remove(self, obj)

        xpath = obj.get_root_xpath()
        xml = obj.get_xml_config()
        obj._set_parent_xpath(None)
        obj._set_relative_object_xpath(None)
        obj._parse_with_children(xml, None)
        _remove_xpath_node(self._xmlstate.xml_ctx, xpath, dofree=False)
        self._set_child_xpaths()

    def list_children_for_class(self, klass):
        """
        Return a list of all XML child objects with the passed class
        """
        ret = []
        for prop in self._all_child_props().values():
            ret += [obj for obj in util.listify(prop._get(self))
                    if obj.__class__ == klass]
        return ret

    def child_class_is_singleton(self, klass):
        """
        Return True if the passed class is registered as a singleton
        child property
        """
        return self._find_child_prop(klass, return_single=True).is_single


    #################################
    # Private XML building routines #
    #################################

    def _set_child_xpaths(self):
        """
        Walk the list of child properties and make sure their
        xpaths point at their particular element
        """
        typecount = {}
        for propname, xmlprop in self._all_child_props().items():
            for obj in util.listify(getattr(self, propname)):
                idxstr = ""
                if not xmlprop.is_single:
                    class_type = obj.__class__
                    if class_type not in typecount:
                        typecount[class_type] = 0
                    typecount[class_type] += 1
                    idxstr = "[%d]" % typecount[class_type]

                prop_path = xmlprop.get_prop_xpath(self, obj)
                obj._set_parent_xpath(self.get_root_xpath())
                obj._set_relative_object_xpath(prop_path + idxstr)

    def _do_get_xml_config(self):
        xmlstub = self._xmlstate.make_xml_stub()

        try:
            node = None
            ctx = self._xmlstate.xml_ctx
            if self._xmlstate.is_build:
                node = self._xmlstate.xml_node.docCopyNodeList(
                    self._xmlstate.xml_node.doc)
                ctx = node

            self._add_parse_bits(node)
            ret = self._xmlstate.get_node_xml(ctx)
        finally:
            if node:
                node.freeNode()

        if ret == xmlstub:
            ret = ""

        # Ensure top level XML object always ends with a newline, just
        # for back compat and readability
        if (ret and not self.get_root_xpath() and not ret.endswith("\n")):
            ret += "\n"
        return ret

    def _add_parse_bits(self, node):
        """
        Callback that adds the implicitly tracked XML properties to
        the backing xml.
        """
        origproporder = self._proporder[:]
        origpropstore = self._propstore.copy()
        try:
            return self._do_add_parse_bits(node)
        finally:
            self._proporder = origproporder
            self._propstore = origpropstore

    def _do_add_parse_bits(self, node):
        # Set all defaults if the properties have one registered
        xmlprops = self._all_xml_props()
        childprops = self._all_child_props()

        for prop in xmlprops.values():
            prop._set_default(self)

        # Set up preferred XML ordering
        do_order = self._proporder[:]
        for key in reversed(self._XML_PROP_ORDER):
            if key not in xmlprops and key not in childprops:
                raise RuntimeError("programming error: key '%s' must be "
                                   "xml prop or child prop" % key)
            if key in do_order:
                do_order.remove(key)
                do_order.insert(0, key)
            elif key in childprops:
                do_order.insert(0, key)

        for key in childprops.keys():
            if key not in do_order:
                do_order.append(key)

        # Alter the XML
        for key in do_order:
            if key in xmlprops:
                xmlprops[key]._set_xml(self, self._propstore[key], node)
            elif key in childprops:
                for obj in util.listify(getattr(self, key)):
                    obj._add_parse_bits(node)