From 6ff9bd0a337af201cff7cf51f55a1b5ac7e1f0ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Rupp <caphrim007@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:04:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes baseclass for new f5 modules (#22333)

---
 lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py | 53 +++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py
index 95de366a512..dff83042d0f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py
@@ -282,17 +282,12 @@ class AnsibleF5Client(object):
             )
 
 
-class AnsibleF5Parameters(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
+class AnsibleF5Parameters(object):
     def __init__(self, params=None):
         self._values = defaultdict(lambda: None)
         if params:
-            for k in params:
-                self._values[k] = params[k]
-
-    @abstractproperty
-    def param_api_map(self):
-        """Dict used to map module parameters to API parameters"""
-        pass
+            for k,v in iteritems(params):
+                setattr(self, k, v)
 
     @property
     def partition(self):
@@ -300,47 +295,23 @@ class AnsibleF5Parameters(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
             return 'Common'
         return self._values['partition'].strip('/')
 
-    @partition.setter
-    def partition(self, value):
-        self._values['partition'] = value
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_api(cls, params):
-        """Create Parameters instance from values return by the API
-
-        The API returns values found on the "values" side of the
-        param_api_map dictionary. These need to be mapped to the names
-        of keys expected by the Parameters class (the "key" side of
-        the param_api_map dictionary)
-
-        :param params:
-        :return:
-        """
-        for key,value in iteritems(cls.param_api_map):
-            params[key] = params.pop(value, None)
-        p = cls(params)
-        return p
-
     def __getattr__(self, item):
         return self._values[item]
 
-    def api_params(self):
-        return self._filter_params(self._api_params_from_map())
-
-    def _api_params_from_map(self):
-        result = dict()
-        for k,v in iteritems(self.param_api_map):
-            value = getattr(self, k)
-            result[v] = value
-        return result
+    def __setattr__(self, key, value):
+        if key == '_values':
+            self.__dict__['_values'] = value
+        else:
+            super(AnsibleF5Parameters, self).__setattr__(key, value)
 
-    def to_return(self):
-        result = self._values
-        return self._filter_params(result)
+    @partition.setter
+    def partition(self, value):
+        self._values['partition'] = value
 
     def _filter_params(self, params):
         return dict((k, v) for k, v in iteritems(params) if v is not None)
 
 
+
 class F5ModuleError(Exception):
     pass