diskbackend: Document the various classes

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Cole Robinson 2014-12-08 15:02:27 -05:00
parent cff08223ba
commit db0942bd09

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@ -151,7 +151,14 @@ def manage_path(conn, path):
return vol, pool
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# Classes for tracking storage media details #
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class _StorageBase(object):
"""
Storage base class, defining the API used by VirtualDisk
"""
def __init__(self, conn):
self._conn = conn
@ -166,6 +173,9 @@ class _StorageBase(object):
class _StorageCreator(_StorageBase):
"""
Base object for classes that will actually create storage on disk
"""
def __init__(self, conn):
_StorageBase.__init__(self, conn)
@ -246,6 +256,12 @@ class _StorageCreator(_StorageBase):
class CloneStorageCreator(_StorageCreator):
"""
Handles manually copying local files for Cloner
Many clone scenarios will use libvirt storage APIs, which will use
the ManagedStorageCreator
"""
def __init__(self, conn, output_path, input_path, size, sparse):
_StorageCreator.__init__(self, conn)
@ -356,6 +372,11 @@ class CloneStorageCreator(_StorageCreator):
class ManagedStorageCreator(_StorageCreator):
"""
Handles storage creation via libvirt APIs. All the actual creation
logic lives in StorageVolume, this is mostly about pulling out bits
from that class and mapping them to VirtualDisk elements
"""
def __init__(self, conn, vol_install):
_StorageCreator.__init__(self, conn)