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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: ops_config
+verions_added: "2.1"
+author: "Peter Sprygada (@privateip)"
+short_description: Push configuration to OpenSwitch using declarative config
+description:
+  - The OpenSwitch platform provides a library for pushing JSON structured
+    configuration files into the current running-config.  This module
+    will read the current configuration from OpenSwitch and compare it
+    against a provided candidate configuration. If there are changes, the
+    candidate configuration is merged with the current configuration and
+    pushed into OpenSwitch
+extends_documentation_fragment: openswitch
+options:
+  src:
+    description:
+      - The path to the config source.  The source can be either a
+        file with config or a template that will be merged during
+        runtime.  By default the task will search for the source
+        file in role or playbook root folder in templates directory.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  force:
+    description:
+      - The force argument instructs the module to not consider the
+        current devices running-config.  When set to true, this will
+        cause the module to push the contents of I(src) into the device
+        without first checking if already configured.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choices: BOOLEANS
+  include_defaults:
+    description:
+      - The module, by default, will collect the current device
+        running-config to use as a base for comparision to the commands
+        in I(src).  Setting this value to true will cause the module
+        to issue the command `show running-config all` to include all
+        device settings.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choices: BOOLEANS
+  backup:
+    description:
+      - When this argument is configured true, the module will backup
+        the running-config from the node prior to making any changes.
+        The backup file will be written to backup_{{ hostname }} in
+        the root of the playbook directory.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choices: BOOLEANS
+  ignore_missing:
+    description:
+      - This flag instructs the module to ignore lines that are missing
+        from the device configuration.  In some instances, the config
+        command doesn't show up in the running-config because it is the
+        default.  See examples for how this is used.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choices: BOOLEANS
+  replace:
+    description:
+      - This argument will cause the provided configuration to be replaced
+        on the destination node.   The use of the replace argument will
+        always cause the task to set changed to true and will implies
+        I(force) is true.  This argument is only valid with I(transport)
+        is eapi.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choice: BOOLEANS
+  config:
+    description:
+      - The module, by default, will connect to the remote device and
+        retrieve the current running-config to use as a base for comparing
+        against the contents of source.  There are times when it is not
+        desirable to have the task get the current running-config for
+        every task in a playbook.  The I(config) argument allows the
+        implementer to pass in the configuruation to use as the base
+        config for comparision.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+# Pushes the candidate configuraition to the device using a variable
+
+vars:
+  config:
+    System
+      hostname: ops01
+
+tasks:
+  - ops_config:
+      src: "{{ config }}"
+
+# Reads the candidate configuration from a file
+
+tasks:
+  - ops_config:
+      src: "{{ lookup('file', 'ops_config.json') }}"
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+updates:
+  description: The list of configuration updates to be merged  The format
+    of the return is 'key: new_value (old_value)'
+  retured: always
+  type: list
+  sample: ["System.hostname: ops01 (switch)"]
+"""
+
+def compare(this, other, ignore_missing=False):
+    parents = [item.text for item in this.parents]
+    for entry in other:
+        if this == entry:
+            return None
+    if not ignore_missing:
+        return this
+
+def expand(obj, queue):
+    block = [item.raw for item in obj.parents]
+    block.append(obj.raw)
+
+    current_level = queue
+    for b in block:
+        if b not in current_level:
+            current_level[b] = collections.OrderedDict()
+        current_level = current_level[b]
+    for c in obj.children:
+        if c.raw not in current_level:
+            current_level[c.raw] = collections.OrderedDict()
+
+def flatten(data, obj):
+    for k, v in data.items():
+        obj.append(k)
+        flatten(v, obj)
+    return obj
+
+def get_config(module):
+    config = module.params['config'] or dict()
+    if not config and not module.params['force']:
+        config = module.config
+    return config
+
+def sort(val):
+    if isinstance(val, (list, set)):
+        return sorted(val)
+    return val
+
+def diff(this, other, path=None):
+    updates = list()
+    path = path or list()
+    for key, value in this.items():
+        if key not in other:
+            other_value = other.get(key)
+            updates.append((list(path), key, value, other_value))
+        else:
+            if isinstance(this[key], dict):
+                path.append(key)
+                updates.extend(diff(this[key], other[key], list(path)))
+                path.pop()
+            else:
+                other_value = other.get(key)
+                if sort(this[key]) != sort(other_value):
+                    updates.append((list(path), key, value, other_value))
+    return updates
+
+def merge(changeset, config=None):
+    config = config or dict()
+    for path, key, value, _ in changeset:
+        current_level = config
+        for part in path:
+            if part not in current_level:
+                current_level[part] = dict()
+            current_level = current_level[part]
+        current_level[key] = value
+    return config
+
+def main():
+    """ main entry point for module execution
+    """
+
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        src=dict(),
+        force=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        backup=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        ignore_missing=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        config=dict(),
+    )
+
+    mutually_exclusive = [('config', 'backup'), ('config', 'force')]
+
+    module = get_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                        mutually_exclusive=mutually_exclusive,
+                        supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    src = module.params['src']
+    force = module.params['force']
+    backup = module.params['backup']
+    ignore_missing = module.params['ignore_missing']
+    config = module.params['config']
+
+    result = dict(changed=False)
+
+    if module.params['transport'] in ['ssh', 'rest']:
+        if isinstance(src, basestring):
+            src = module.from_json(src)
+
+        if not force:
+            config = module.config
+        else:
+            config = dict()
+
+        if backup:
+            result['_config'] = module.config
+
+        changeset = diff(src, config)
+        candidate = merge(changeset, config)
+
+        updates = list()
+        for path, key, new_value, old_value in changeset:
+            update = '%s.%s' % ('.'.join(path), key)
+            update += ': %s (%s)' % (new_value, old_value)
+            updates.append(update)
+        result['updates'] = updates
+
+        if changeset:
+            if not module.check_mode:
+                module.configure(config)
+            result['changed'] = True
+
+    else:
+        candidate = module.parse_config(module.params['src'])
+
+        contents = get_config(module)
+        result['_config'] = module.config
+
+        config = module.parse_config(contents)
+
+        commands = collections.OrderedDict()
+        toplevel = [c.text for c in config]
+
+        for line in candidate:
+            if line.text in ['!', '']:
+                continue
+
+            if not line.parents:
+                if line.text not in toplevel:
+                    expand(line, commands)
+            else:
+                item = compare(line, config, ignore_missing)
+                if item:
+                    expand(item, commands)
+
+        commands = flatten(commands, list())
+
+        if commands:
+            if not module.check_mode:
+                commands = [str(c).strip() for c in commands]
+                response = module.configure(commands)
+            result['changed'] = True
+
+        result['commands'] = commands
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import *
+from ansible.module_utils.shell import *
+from ansible.module_utils.openswitch import *
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+        main()
+
+
+