Class Task

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Base class for all built-in Tasks.

Instance Methods

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set_task_type(self, taskType)
sets the type of this task.

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get_task_type(self)
returns the type set by set_type_task

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execute_task(self, msg)
this is the method tasks usually override.

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_execute(self, taskType, msg)
internal method which gets called for any member in a hostgroup.

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Method Details

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set_task_type(self, taskType)

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sets the type of this task.

Be aware! this method can only get called once!

params:
    taskType: the type of this task

execute_task(self, msg)

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this is the method tasks usually override. 
It gets called anytime the task should get executed

default does nothing

params:
    msg: the msg for this task

_execute(self, taskType, msg)

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internal method which gets called for any member in a hostgroup.
It determines if it has an appropriate type by comparing taskType with get_task_type().
Calls execute_task() if the type matches

params: 
    taskType: the type of the fail which is compared with get_task_type()
    msg: the error message
    
return: 
    True if execute_task() is called succesfully, else False