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version 0.1 on Jul 14th, 2013
Xal is a contextual execution framework for Python. "xal" is the acronym of "eXecution Abstraction Layer".
Warning
This project is experimental. Current goal is to implement a proof-of-concept that can be shown to, discussed with or tried by users of tools like subprocess, Fabric, zc.buildout, Salt...
Xal helps you create scripts to perform actions on a system, like managing non-Python resources, independantly from the execution context.
The main motivation of this library is about sharing system scripts:
- scripts are written with session as argument, they use an high-level abstract API;
- sessions are registries, they encapsulate API implementation: local Python shell, Fabric, Salt...
Example
Let's create a xal-compatible function. It takes the execution context as input argument:
>>> def home_directory_exists(session): ... """Return True if home directory of session's user exists.""" ... return session.dir.exists(session.dir.home)
Then create an execution session. The LocalSession used here is a pre-configured registry:
>>> from xal.session.local import LocalSession >>> session = LocalSession()
Finally run the function in the session:
>>> home_directory_exists(session) True
Ressources
- Documentation: https://xal.readthedocs.org
- PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xal
- Code repository: https://github.com/benoitbryon/xal
- Bugtracker: https://github.com/benoitbryon/xal/issues
- Continuous integration: https://travis-ci.org/benoitbryon/xal
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