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lib/config/members.py

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+import re
+
+
+class Member:
+    def __init__(self, nameid, name="", phone="", comment="", parent="", filters=None):
+        self.nameid = nameid
+        self.name = name
+        self.phone = phone
+        self.filters = filters
+        self.comment = comment
+        self.parent = parent
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        ret = "Member Id: " + self.nameid + " Name: " + self.name + " Filters: " + str(self.phone)
+        for f in self.filters:
+            ret += str(f)
+        return ret
+
+
+class MemberFilter:
+    def __init__(self, filt, Value):
+        self.filt = filt
+        self.value = Value
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Filter:" + str(self.filter) + " Value:" + self.value
+
+
+def parseMemberList(members, filters):
+    parsedMembers = [Member(nameid, **values) for nameid, values in members.items()]
+    for member in parsedMembers:
+        mFilter = []
+        for filtername, replacement in member.filters.items():
+            found = False
+            for filt in filters:
+                if filt.name != filtername: continue
+                found = True
+                memberFilter = filt.clone()
+                memberFilter.command = re.sub('@member', replacement, filt.command)
+                mFilter.append(memberFilter)
+            if not found:
+                print "warning: filter: " + filtername + " is not defined in member " + member.name
+        member.filters = mFilter
+    return parsedMembers