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+  <title>Class: MCollective::RPC::Helpers</title>
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+
+
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+    <div id="classHeader">
+        <table class="header-table">
+        <tr class="top-aligned-row">
+          <td><strong>Class</strong></td>
+          <td class="class-name-in-header">MCollective::RPC::Helpers</td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr class="top-aligned-row">
+            <td><strong>In:</strong></td>
+            <td>
+                <a href="../../../files/lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers_rb.html">
+                lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb
+                </a>
+        <br />
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr class="top-aligned-row">
+            <td><strong>Parent:</strong></td>
+            <td>
+                Object
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        </table>
+    </div>
+  <!-- banner header -->
+
+  <div id="bodyContent">
+
+
+
+  <div id="contextContent">
+
+    <div id="description">
+      <p>
+Various utilities for the <a href="../RPC.html">RPC</a> system
+</p>
+
+    </div>
+
+
+   </div>
+
+    <div id="method-list">
+      <h3 class="section-bar">Methods</h3>
+
+      <div class="name-list">
+      <a href="#M000050">add_simplerpc_options</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000045">extract_hosts_from_array</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000044">extract_hosts_from_json</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000049">old_rpcresults</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000046">rpcresults</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000048">text_for_flattened_result</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000047">text_for_result</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+  </div>
+
+
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+
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+
+
+
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+    <div id="methods">
+      <h3 class="section-bar">Public Class methods</h3>
+
+      <div id="method-M000050" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000050"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000050" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">add_simplerpc_options</span><span class="method-args">(parser, options)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Add SimpleRPC common options
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000050-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000050-source">
+<pre>
+     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 254</span>
+254:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_simplerpc_options</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>)
+255:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">separator</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+256:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">separator</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;RPC Options&quot;</span>
+257: 
+258:         <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># add SimpleRPC specific options to all clients that use our library</span>
+259:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--np'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'--no-progress'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Do not show the progress bar'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+260:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:progress_bar</span>] = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">false</span>
+261:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+262: 
+263:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--one'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'-1'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Send request to only one discovered nodes'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+264:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:mcollective_limit_targets</span>] = <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
+265:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+266: 
+267:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--batch SIZE'</span>, <span class="ruby-constant">Integer</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Do requests in batches'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+268:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:batch_size</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>
+269:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+270: 
+271:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--batch-sleep SECONDS'</span>, <span class="ruby-constant">Float</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Sleep time between batches'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+272:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:batch_sleep_time</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>
+273:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+274: 
+275:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--limit-seed NUMBER'</span>, <span class="ruby-constant">Integer</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Seed value for deterministic random batching'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+276:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:limit_seed</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>
+277:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+278: 
+279:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--limit-nodes COUNT'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'--ln'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'--limit'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Send request to only a subset of nodes, can be a percentage'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+280:           <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;Invalid limit specified: #{v} valid limits are /^\d+%*$/&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=~</span> <span class="ruby-regexp re">/^\d+%*$/</span>
+281: 
+282:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=~</span> <span class="ruby-regexp re">/^\d+$/</span>
+283:             <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:mcollective_limit_targets</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_i</span>
+284:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+285:             <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:mcollective_limit_targets</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>
+286:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+287:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+288: 
+289:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--json'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'-j'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Produce JSON output'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+290:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:progress_bar</span>] = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">false</span>
+291:           <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:output_format</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">:json</span>
+292:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+293: 
+294:         <span class="ruby-identifier">parser</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">on</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'--display MODE'</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">'Influence how results are displayed. One of ok, all or failed'</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">v</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+295:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;all&quot;</span>
+296:             <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">:always</span>
+297:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+298:             <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">v</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">intern</span>
+299:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+300: 
+301:           <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;--display has to be one of 'ok', 'all' or 'failed'&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">:ok</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:failed</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:always</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">include?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">options</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span>])
+302:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+303:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000045" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000045"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000045" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">extract_hosts_from_array</span><span class="method-args">(hosts)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Given an array of something, make sure each is a string chomp off any new
+lines and return just the array of hosts
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000045-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000045-source">
+<pre>
+    <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 29</span>
+29:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">extract_hosts_from_array</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">hosts</span>)
+30:         [<span class="ruby-identifier">hosts</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">flatten</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">map</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">host</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+31:           <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;#{host} should be a string&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">host</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>)
+32:           <span class="ruby-identifier">host</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">chomp</span>
+33:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+34:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000044" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000044"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000044" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">extract_hosts_from_json</span><span class="method-args">(json)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Parse JSON output as produced by printrpc and extract the
+&quot;sender&quot; of each rpc response
+</p>
+<p>
+The simplist valid JSON based data would be:
+</p>
+<p>
+[
+</p>
+<pre>
+ {&quot;sender&quot; =&gt; &quot;example.com&quot;},
+ {&quot;sender&quot; =&gt; &quot;another.com&quot;}
+</pre>
+<p>
+]
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000044-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000044-source">
+<pre>
+    <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 14</span>
+14:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">extract_hosts_from_json</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">json</span>)
+15:         <span class="ruby-identifier">hosts</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">JSON</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">parse</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">json</span>)
+16: 
+17:         <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;JSON hosts list is not an array&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">hosts</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">Array</span>)
+18: 
+19:         <span class="ruby-identifier">hosts</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">map</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">host</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+20:           <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;JSON host list is not an array of Hashes&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">host</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">Hash</span>)
+21:           <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;JSON host list does not have senders in it&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">host</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">include?</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;sender&quot;</span>)
+22: 
+23:           <span class="ruby-identifier">host</span>[<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;sender&quot;</span>]
+24:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">uniq</span>
+25:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000049" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000049"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000049" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">old_rpcresults</span><span class="method-args">(result, flags = {})</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Backward compatible display block for results without a <a
+href="../DDL.html">DDL</a>
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000049-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000049-source">
+<pre>
+     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 202</span>
+202:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">old_rpcresults</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span> = {})
+203:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+204: 
+205:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:flatten</span>]
+206:           <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">r</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+207:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
+208:               <span class="ruby-identifier">data</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:data</span>]
+209: 
+210:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">data</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>)
+211:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">data</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>
+212:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+213:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">data</span>
+214:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+215:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+216:               <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>
+217:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+218:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+219: 
+220:           <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+221:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+222:           [<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">flatten</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">r</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+223: 
+224:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:verbose</span>]
+225:               <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;%-40s: %s\n&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">%</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:sender</span>], <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statusmsg</span>]]
+226: 
+227:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
+228:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:data</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">split</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> {<span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">m</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;    #{m}&quot;</span>}
+229:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n\n&quot;</span>
+230:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">2</span>
+231:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># dont print anything, no useful data to display</span>
+232:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># past what was already shown</span>
+233:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">3</span>
+234:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># dont print anything, no useful data to display</span>
+235:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># past what was already shown</span>
+236:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">4</span>
+237:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># dont print anything, no useful data to display</span>
+238:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># past what was already shown</span>
+239:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+240:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;    #{r[:statusmsg]}&quot;</span>
+241:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+242:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+243:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
+244:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;%-40s %s\n&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">%</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:sender</span>], <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:red</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statusmsg</span>])]
+245:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+246:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+247:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+248:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+249: 
+250:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+251:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000046" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000046"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000046" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">rpcresults</span><span class="method-args">(result, flags = {})</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Returns a blob of text representing the results in a standard way
+</p>
+<p>
+It tries hard to do sane things so you often should not need to write your
+own display functions
+</p>
+<p>
+If the agent you are getting results for has a <a
+href="../DDL.html">DDL</a> it will use the hints in there to do the right
+thing specifically it will look at the values of display in the <a
+href="../DDL.html">DDL</a> to choose when to show results
+</p>
+<p>
+If you do not have a <a href="../DDL.html">DDL</a> you can pass these
+flags:
+</p>
+<pre>
+   printrpc exim.mailq, :flatten =&gt; true
+   printrpc exim.mailq, :verbose =&gt; true
+</pre>
+<p>
+If you&#8216;ve asked it to flatten the result it will not print sender
+hostnames, it will just print the result as if it&#8216;s one huge result,
+handy for things like showing a combined mailq.
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000046-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000046-source">
+<pre>
+     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 54</span>
+ 54:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">rpcresults</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span> = {})
+ 55:         <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span> = {<span class="ruby-identifier">:verbose</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">false</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:flatten</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">false</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:format</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:console</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">false</span>}.<span class="ruby-identifier">merge</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>)
+ 56: 
+ 57:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+ 58:         <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">nil</span>
+ 59: 
+ 60:         <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># if running in verbose mode, just use the old style print</span>
+ 61:         <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># no need for all the DDL helpers obfuscating the result</span>
+ 62:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:format</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:json</span>
+ 63:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-constant">STDOUT</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">tty?</span>
+ 64:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">JSON</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_generate</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>)
+ 65:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+ 66:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_json</span>
+ 67:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+ 68:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+ 69:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:verbose</span>]
+ 70:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">old_rpcresults</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>)
+ 71:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+ 72:             [<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">flatten</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">r</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+ 73:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">begin</span>
+ 74:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span> <span class="ruby-operator">||=</span> <span class="ruby-constant">DDL</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">agent</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">action_interface</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">action</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>)
+ 75: 
+ 76:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:sender</span>]
+ 77:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statuscode</span>]
+ 78:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">message</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:statusmsg</span>]
+ 79:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">r</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:data</span>]
+ 80: 
+ 81:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span>]
+ 82:                   <span class="ruby-identifier">display</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:force_display_mode</span>]
+ 83:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+ 84:                   <span class="ruby-identifier">display</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:display</span>]
+ 85:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+ 86: 
+ 87:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># appand the results only according to what the DDL says</span>
+ 88:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">display</span>
+ 89:                   <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:ok</span>
+ 90:                     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
+ 91:                       <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">message</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>)
+ 92:                     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+ 93: 
+ 94:                   <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:failed</span>
+ 95:                     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
+ 96:                       <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">message</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>)
+ 97:                     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+ 98: 
+ 99:                   <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:always</span>
+100:                     <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">message</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>)
+101: 
+102:                   <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">:flatten</span>
+103:                     <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_flattened_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>)
+104: 
+105:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+106:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">rescue</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Exception</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>
+107:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># no DDL so just do the old style print unchanged for</span>
+108:                 <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># backward compat</span>
+109:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">old_rpcresults</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">flags</span>)
+110:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+111:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+112:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+113:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+114: 
+115:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span>
+116:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000048" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000048"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000048" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">text_for_flattened_result</span><span class="method-args">(status, result)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Returns text representing a flattened result of only good data
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000048-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000048-source">
+<pre>
+     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 189</span>
+189:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_flattened_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>)
+190:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>
+191: 
+192:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;=</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
+193:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>)
+194:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>
+195:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+196:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>
+197:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+198:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+199:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div id="method-M000047" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000047"></a>
+
+        <div class="method-heading">
+          <a href="#M000047" class="method-signature">
+          <span class="method-name">text_for_result</span><span class="method-args">(sender, status, msg, result, ddl)</span>
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      
+        <div class="method-description">
+          <p>
+Return text representing a result
+</p>
+          <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
+            onclick="toggleCode('M000047-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
+          <div class="method-source-code" id="M000047-source">
+<pre>
+     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/rpc/helpers.rb, line 119</span>
+119:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">text_for_result</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">msg</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>)
+120:         <span class="ruby-identifier">statusses</span> = [<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;&quot;</span>,
+121:                      <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:red</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;Request Aborted&quot;</span>),
+122:                      <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:yellow</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;Unknown Action&quot;</span>),
+123:                      <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:yellow</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;Missing Request Data&quot;</span>),
+124:                      <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:yellow</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;Invalid Request Data&quot;</span>),
+125:                      <span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:red</span>, <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;Unknown Request Status&quot;</span>)]
+126: 
+127:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;%-40s %s\n&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">%</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">sender</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">statusses</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">status</span>]]
+128:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;   %s\n&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">%</span> [<span class="ruby-constant">Util</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">colorize</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">:yellow</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">msg</span>)] <span class="ruby-keyword kw">unless</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">msg</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;OK&quot;</span>
+129: 
+130:         <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># only print good data, ignore data that results from failure</span>
+131:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
+132:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">Hash</span>)
+133:             <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># figure out the lengths of the display as strings, we'll use</span>
+134:             <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># it later to correctly justify the output</span>
+135:             <span class="ruby-identifier">lengths</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">keys</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">map</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">k</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+136:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">begin</span>
+137:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:output</span>][<span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>][<span class="ruby-identifier">:display_as</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>
+138:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">rescue</span>
+139:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>
+140:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+141:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+142: 
+143:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">keys</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">sort_by</span>{<span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">k</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>}.<span class="ruby-identifier">each</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">k</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+144:               <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># get all the output fields nicely lined up with a</span>
+145:               <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># 3 space front padding</span>
+146:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">begin</span>
+147:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">display_as</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">ddl</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">:output</span>][<span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>][<span class="ruby-identifier">:display_as</span>]
+148:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">rescue</span>
+149:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">display_as</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>
+150:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+151: 
+152:               <span class="ruby-identifier">display_length</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">display_as</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">size</span>
+153:               <span class="ruby-identifier">padding</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">lengths</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">max</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">display_length</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-value">3</span>
+154:               <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">padding</span>
+155: 
+156:               <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;#{display_as}:&quot;</span>
+157: 
+158:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> [<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>, <span class="ruby-constant">Numeric</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">include?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">class</span>)
+159:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">lines</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">split</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>)
+160: 
+161:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">lines</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">empty?</span>
+162:                   <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>
+163:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+164:                   <span class="ruby-identifier">lines</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">each_with_index</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">do</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span><span class="ruby-identifier">line</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">i</span><span class="ruby-operator">|</span>
+165:                     <span class="ruby-identifier">i</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span> <span class="ruby-operator">?</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">padtxt</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">:</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">padtxt</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> (<span class="ruby-identifier">padding</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">display_length</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-value">2</span>)
+166: 
+167:                     <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-node">&quot;#{padtxt}#{line}\n&quot;</span>
+168:                   <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+169:                 <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+170:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+171:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">padding</span> = <span class="ruby-value str">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> (<span class="ruby-identifier">lengths</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">max</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-value">5</span>)
+172:                 <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">k</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">split</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">join</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">padding</span>) <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>
+173:               <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+174:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+175:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">status</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">1</span>
+176:             <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># for status 1 we dont want to show half baked</span>
+177:             <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># data by default since the DDL will supply all the defaults</span>
+178:             <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># it just doesnt look right</span>
+179:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
+180:             <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n\t&quot;</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">result</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">pretty_inspect</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">split</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">join</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n\t&quot;</span>)
+181:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+182:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
+183: 
+184:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-value str">&quot;\n&quot;</span>
+185:         <span class="ruby-identifier">result_text</span>
+186:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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