Simplify(?) ActionsMap initialization by removing some obscure kwargs handling

moulinette/__init__.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def api(namespaces, host="localhost", port=80, routes={}):
     from moulinette.actionsmap import ActionsMap
     from moulinette.interfaces.api import Interface, ActionsMapParser
     try:
-        actionsmap = ActionsMap(ActionsMapParser,
+        actionsmap = ActionsMap(ActionsMapParser(),
                                 namespaces=namespaces)
         interface = Interface(actionsmap=actionsmap,
                               routes=routes)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def api(namespaces, host="localhost", port=80, routes={}):
     return 0
 
 
-def cli(namespaces, args, output_as=None, timeout=None, parser_kwargs={}):
+def cli(namespaces, args, top_parser, output_as=None, timeout=None):
     """Command line interface
 
     Execute an action with the moulinette from the CLI and print its
@@ -116,16 +116,14 @@ def cli(namespaces, args, output_as=None, timeout=None, parser_kwargs={}):
         - args -- A list of argument strings
         - output_as -- Output result in another format, see
             moulinette.interfaces.cli.Interface for possible values
-        - parser_kwargs -- A dict of arguments to pass to the parser
+        - top_parser -- The top parser used to build the ActionsMapParser
-            class at construction
 
     """
     from moulinette.actionsmap import ActionsMap
     from moulinette.interfaces.cli import Interface, ActionsMapParser
     try:
-        actionsmap = ActionsMap(ActionsMapParser,
+        actionsmap = ActionsMap(ActionsMapParser(top_parser=top_parser),
-                                namespaces=namespaces,
+                                namespaces=namespaces)
-                                parser_kwargs=parser_kwargs)
         interface = Interface(actionsmap=actionsmap)
         interface.run(args, output_as=output_as, timeout=timeout)
     except MoulinetteError as e:

moulinette/actionsmap.py

@@ -402,18 +402,14 @@ class ActionsMap(object):
     all available namespaces.
 
     Keyword arguments:
-        - parser_class -- The BaseActionsMapParser derived class to use
+        - top_parser -- A BaseActionsMapParser-derived instance to use for
-            for parsing the actions map
+                        parsing the actions map
         - namespaces -- The list of namespaces to use
-        - parser_kwargs -- A dict of arguments to pass to the parser
-            class at construction
-
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, parser_class, namespaces=[], parser_kwargs={}):
+    def __init__(self, top_parser, namespaces=[]):
-        if not issubclass(parser_class, BaseActionsMapParser):
+
-            raise ValueError("Invalid parser class '%s'" % parser_class.__name__)
+        assert isinstance(top_parser, BaseActionsMapParser), "Invalid parser class '%s'" % top_parser.__class__.__name__
-        self.parser_class = parser_class
 
         moulinette_env = init_moulinette_env()
         DATA_DIR = moulinette_env["DATA_DIR"]
@@ -454,13 +450,8 @@ class ActionsMap(object):
             m18n.load_namespace(n)
 
         # Generate parsers
-        self.extraparser = ExtraArgumentParser(parser_class.interface)
+        self.extraparser = ExtraArgumentParser(top_parser.interface)
-        self._parser = self._construct_parser(actionsmaps, **parser_kwargs)
+        self.parser = self._construct_parser(actionsmaps, top_parser)
-
-    @property
-    def parser(self):
-        """Return the instance of the interface's actions map parser"""
-        return self._parser
 
     def get_authenticator_for_profile(self, auth_profile):
 
@@ -649,15 +640,15 @@ class ActionsMap(object):
 
     # Private methods
 
-    def _construct_parser(self, actionsmaps, **kwargs):
+    def _construct_parser(self, actionsmaps, top_parser):
         """
         Construct the parser with the actions map
 
         Keyword arguments:
             - actionsmaps -- A dict of multi-level dictionnary of
                 categories/actions/arguments list for each namespaces
-            - **kwargs -- Additionnal arguments to pass at the parser
+            - top_parser -- A BaseActionsMapParser-derived instance to use for
-                class instantiation
+                parsing the actions map
 
         Returns:
             An interface relevant's parser object
@@ -668,13 +659,6 @@ class ActionsMap(object):
         # loaded ? Not sure about this ... old code is a bit mysterious...
         validate_extra = not self.from_cache
 
-        # Instantiate parser
-        #
-        # this either returns:
-        # * moulinette.interfaces.cli.ActionsMapParser
-        # * moulinette.interfaces.api.ActionsMapParser
-        top_parser = self.parser_class(**kwargs)
-
         # namespace, actionsmap is a tuple where:
         #
         # * namespace define the top "name", for us it will always be