Fix iosxr netconf plugin response namespace (#49238)

* Fix iosxr netconf plugin response namespace

*  iosxr netconf plugin removes namespace by default
   for all the responses as parsing of xml is easier
   without namepsace in iosxr module. However to validate
   the response received from device against yang model requires
   namespace to be present in resposne.
*  Add a parameter in iosxr netconf plugin to control if namespace
   should be removed from response or not.

* Fix CI issues

* Fix review comment

lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py

@@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ def get_config_diff(module, running=None, candidate=None):
 def discard_config(module):
     conn = get_connection(module)
     try:
-        conn.discard_changes()
+        if is_netconf(module):
+            conn.discard_changes(remove_ns=True)
+        else:
+            conn.discard_changes()
     except ConnectionError as exc:
         module.fail_json(msg=to_text(exc, errors='surrogate_then_replace'))
 
@@ -370,9 +373,9 @@ def commit_config(module, comment=None, confirmed=False, confirm_timeout=None,
     try:
         if is_netconf(module):
             if check:
-                reply = conn.validate()
+                reply = conn.validate(remove_ns=True)
             else:
-                reply = conn.commit(confirmed=confirmed, timeout=confirm_timeout, persist=persist)
+                reply = conn.commit(confirmed=confirmed, timeout=confirm_timeout, persist=persist, remove_ns=True)
         elif is_cliconf(module):
             if check:
                 module.fail_json(msg="Validate configuration is not supported with network_cli connection type")
@@ -389,7 +392,10 @@ def get_oper(module, filter=None):
 
     if filter is not None:
         try:
-            response = conn.get(filter)
+            if is_netconf(module):
+                response = conn.get(filter=filter, remove_ns=True)
+            else:
+                response = conn.get(filter)
         except ConnectionError as exc:
             module.fail_json(msg=to_text(exc, errors='surrogate_then_replace'))
     else:
@@ -404,7 +410,7 @@ def get_config(module, config_filter=None, source='running'):
     # Note: Does not cache config in favour of latest config on every get operation.
     try:
         if is_netconf(module):
-            out = to_xml(conn.get_config(source=source, filter=config_filter))
+            out = to_xml(conn.get_config(source=source, filter=config_filter, remove_ns=True))
         elif is_cliconf(module):
             out = conn.get_config(source=source, flags=config_filter)
         cfg = out.strip()
@@ -436,7 +442,7 @@ def load_config(module, command_filter, commit=False, replace=False,
 
         try:
             for filter in to_list(command_filter):
-                conn.edit_config(filter)
+                conn.edit_config(config=filter, remove_ns=True)
 
             candidate = get_config(module, source='candidate', config_filter=nc_get_filter)
             diff = get_config_diff(module, running, candidate)

lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/iosxr.py

@@ -125,56 +125,80 @@ class Netconf(NetconfBase):
 
     # TODO: change .xml to .data_xml, when ncclient supports data_xml on all platforms
     @ensure_connected
-    def get(self, filter=None):
+    def get(self, filter=None, remove_ns=False):
         if isinstance(filter, list):
             filter = tuple(filter)
         try:
-            response = self.m.get(filter=filter)
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.get(filter=filter)
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))
 
     @ensure_connected
-    def get_config(self, source=None, filter=None):
+    def get_config(self, source=None, filter=None, remove_ns=False):
         if isinstance(filter, list):
             filter = tuple(filter)
         try:
-            response = self.m.get_config(source=source, filter=filter)
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.get_config(source=source, filter=filter)
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))
 
     @ensure_connected
-    def edit_config(self, config=None, format='xml', target='candidate', default_operation=None, test_option=None, error_option=None):
+    def edit_config(self, config=None, format='xml', target='candidate', default_operation=None, test_option=None, error_option=None, remove_ns=False):
         if config is None:
             raise ValueError('config value must be provided')
         try:
-            response = self.m.edit_config(config, format=format, target=target, default_operation=default_operation, test_option=test_option,
-                                          error_option=error_option)
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.edit_config(config, format=format, target=target, default_operation=default_operation, test_option=test_option,
+                                      error_option=error_option)
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))
 
     @ensure_connected
-    def commit(self, confirmed=False, timeout=None, persist=None):
+    def commit(self, confirmed=False, timeout=None, persist=None, remove_ns=False):
         try:
-            response = self.m.commit(confirmed=confirmed, timeout=timeout, persist=persist)
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.commit(confirmed=confirmed, timeout=timeout, persist=persist)
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))
 
     @ensure_connected
-    def validate(self, source="candidate"):
+    def validate(self, source="candidate", remove_ns=False):
         try:
-            response = self.m.validate(source=source)
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.validate(source=source)
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))
 
     @ensure_connected
-    def discard_changes(self):
+    def discard_changes(self, remove_ns=False):
         try:
-            response = self.m.discard_changes()
-            return remove_namespaces(response)
+            resp = self.m.discard_changes()
+            if remove_ns:
+                response = remove_namespaces(resp)
+            else:
+                response = resp.data_xml if hasattr(resp, 'data_xml') else resp.xml
+            return response
         except RPCError as exc:
             raise Exception(to_xml(exc.xml))