DBBC3Validation Module

This module is part of the DBBC3 package and implements higher level validation methods for verification of the proper initialization and configuration of the DBBC3 VLBI backend

A very simple example:

from dbbc3.DBBC3 import DBBC3
from dbbc3.DBBC3Validation import ValidationFactory, ValidationReport
import logging

dbbc3 = DBBC3("dbbc3")

val = ValidationFactory().create(dbbc3)

# print validation result
print (val.validateIFLevel("A"))

# log validation result
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
rep = val.validateIFLevel("A")
rep.log(logger)

Item class

class Item(level='', action='', message='', resolution='', state='', exit=False)

Storage class to hold information about one validation check provided by one of the DBBC3 validation methods. Instances of this class can be passed to ValidationReport via the ValidationReport.add() method to provde a user friendly representation of the validation procedure.

The class provides these constants for specifying the reporting level:

INFO
WARN
ERROR

The class provides these constants for specifying the validation state:

OK
FAIL
Parameters

  • level (str) – the reporting level of the validation item (see levels above)

  • action (str) – a description of the validation action that was performed

  • message (str) – a message describing the outcome of the validation action

  • resolution (str, optional) – a resolution message to be displayed in case validation errors have occured

  • state (str) – a string describing the state of the validation action

  • exit (boolean) – True indicates that processing should stop in case of a validation failure (default: False)

Note

Setting exit=True only indicates that validation failure is considered to be critical. Handling of the exit condition is not done by this class or by ValidationReport and must be handled in the upsteam code calling the validation actions

ValidationReport class

class ValidationReport(ignoreErrors=False)

Reporter class to provide human readable reports and/or logs of validation actions. Each report can consist of multiple validation items represented by an Item instance.

If any of the validation items has failed and has an exit condition the exit attribute of this class is set to True (unless overridden by the py:attr:ignoreErrors argument.

Parameters

ignoreErrors (boolean) – If True a validation failure in any of the validation items will not set an exit condition (default: False)

add(item)

Add a validation item to the report

If the item contains an exit condition (item.exit = True) the self.exit member is set to True unless the ignoreErrors parameter was set on initiliazation

Parameters

item (Item) – the validation Item instance to add

clear()

Reset the contents of the ValidationReport

log(logger)

Write all validation items attached to the report to the log.

Depending on the item.level string each logger entry will have either the info, warning or error log levels:

item.level contains "INFO" => log level info
item.level contains "WARN" => log level warning
item.level contains "ERROR" => log level error

The message test will be formated in the following way:

[item.state] item.action - item.message

if the validation item contains a non-empty resolution field an additional line will be logged with the following format:

[RESOLUTION] item.resolution
Parameters

logger (logging.Logger) – the logger object to use for logging the output

property exit

boolean: True if at least one of the validation items has failed with an exit condition

property items

Returns the list of report items attached to this ValidationReport

Returns

the list of reporting items

Return type

list of Item

property numError

int: the total number of errors raised for all validation items of this report

property numWarnings

int: the total number of warnings raised for all validation items of this report

property result

Identical to items. Returns the list of report items attached to this ValidationReport

ValidationFactory class

class ValidationFactory

Factory class for providing the matching DBBC3Validation sub-class for the currently active DBBC3 mode and software version.

In order to function all derived DBBC3Validation classes must follow the naming convention:

DBBC3Validation_mode_majorversion

e.g. DBBC3Validation_OCT_D_120 for mode OCT_D major version 120

create(dbbc3, ignoreErrors=False)

Return a DBBC3Validation sub-class object matching the current mode and software version of the DBBC3 as specified in dbbc3.config

Parameters

  • dbbc3 (DBBC3) – the active DBBC3 instance

  • ignoreErrors (boolean, optional) – If True do not exit processing in case of validation failures (default: False)

Returns

the instance of the validation class matching the current mode and software version