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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: nxos_gir_profile
+version_added: "2.2"
+short_description: Create a maintenance-mode or normal-mode profile for GIR.
+description:
+    - Manage a maintenance-mode or normal-mode profile with configuration
+      commands that can be applied during graceful removal
+      or graceful insertion.
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author:
+    - Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
+notes:
+    - This module is not idempotent when C(state=present).
+    - C(state=absent) removes the whole profile.
+options:
+    commands:
+        description:
+            - List of commands to be included into the profile.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    mode:
+        description:
+            - Configure the profile as Maintenance or Normale mode.
+        required: true
+        choices: ['maintenance', 'normal']
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Specify desired state of the resource.
+        required: false
+        default: present
+        choices: ['present','absent']
+    include_defaults:
+        description:
+            - Specify to retrieve or not the complete running configuration
+              for module operations.
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        choices: ['true','false']
+    config:
+        description:
+            - Specify the configuration string to be used for module operations.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Create a maintenance-mode profile
+- nxos_gir_profile:
+    mode: maintenance
+    commands:
+      - router eigrp 11
+      - isolate
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Remove the maintenance-mode profile
+- nxos_gir_profile:
+    mode: maintenance
+    state: absent
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+proposed:
+    description: list of commands passed into module.
+    returned: verbose mode
+    type: list
+    sample: ["router eigrp 11", "isolate"]
+existing:
+    description: list of existing profile commands.
+    returned: verbose mode
+    type: list
+    sample: ["router bgp 65535","isolate","router eigrp 10","isolate",
+            "diagnostic bootup level complete"]
+end_state:
+    description: list of profile entries after module execution.
+    returned: verbose mode
+    type: list
+    sample: ["router bgp 65535","isolate","router eigrp 10","isolate",
+            "diagnostic bootup level complete","router eigrp 11", "isolate"]
+updates:
+    description: commands sent to the device
+    returned: always
+    type: list
+    sample: ["configure maintenance profile maintenance-mode",
+             "router eigrp 11","isolate"]
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+
+# COMMON CODE FOR MIGRATION
+import re
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, ConfigLine
+from ansible.module_utils.shell import ShellError
+
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import get_module
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import NetworkModule
+
+
+def to_list(val):
+     if isinstance(val, (list, tuple)):
+         return list(val)
+     elif val is not None:
+         return [val]
+     else:
+         return list()
+
+
+class CustomNetworkConfig(NetworkConfig):
+
+    def expand_section(self, configobj, S=None):
+        if S is None:
+            S = list()
+        S.append(configobj)
+        for child in configobj.children:
+            if child in S:
+                continue
+            self.expand_section(child, S)
+        return S
+
+    def get_object(self, path):
+        for item in self.items:
+            if item.text == path[-1]:
+                parents = [p.text for p in item.parents]
+                if parents == path[:-1]:
+                    return item
+
+    def to_block(self, section):
+        return '\n'.join([item.raw for item in section])
+
+    def get_section(self, path):
+        try:
+            section = self.get_section_objects(path)
+            return self.to_block(section)
+        except ValueError:
+            return list()
+
+    def get_section_objects(self, path):
+        if not isinstance(path, list):
+            path = [path]
+        obj = self.get_object(path)
+        if not obj:
+            raise ValueError('path does not exist in config')
+        return self.expand_section(obj)
+
+
+    def add(self, lines, parents=None):
+        """Adds one or lines of configuration
+        """
+
+        ancestors = list()
+        offset = 0
+        obj = None
+
+        ## global config command
+        if not parents:
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                item = ConfigLine(line)
+                item.raw = line
+                if item not in self.items:
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+        else:
+            for index, p in enumerate(parents):
+                try:
+                    i = index + 1
+                    obj = self.get_section_objects(parents[:i])[0]
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+                except ValueError:
+                    # add parent to config
+                    offset = index * self.indent
+                    obj = ConfigLine(p)
+                    obj.raw = p.rjust(len(p) + offset)
+                    if ancestors:
+                        obj.parents = list(ancestors)
+                        ancestors[-1].children.append(obj)
+                    self.items.append(obj)
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+            # add child objects
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                # check if child already exists
+                for child in ancestors[-1].children:
+                    if child.text == line:
+                        break
+                else:
+                    offset = len(parents) * self.indent
+                    item = ConfigLine(line)
+                    item.raw = line.rjust(len(line) + offset)
+                    item.parents = ancestors
+                    ancestors[-1].children.append(item)
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+
+def get_network_module(**kwargs):
+    try:
+        return get_module(**kwargs)
+    except NameError:
+        return NetworkModule(**kwargs)
+
+def get_config(module, include_defaults=False):
+    config = module.params['config']
+    if not config:
+        try:
+            config = module.get_config()
+        except AttributeError:
+            defaults = module.params['include_defaults']
+            config = module.config.get_config(include_defaults=defaults)
+    return CustomNetworkConfig(indent=2, contents=config)
+
+def load_config(module, candidate):
+    config = get_config(module)
+
+    commands = candidate.difference(config)
+    commands = [str(c).strip() for c in commands]
+
+    save_config = module.params['save']
+
+    result = dict(changed=False)
+
+    if commands:
+        if not module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                module.configure(commands)
+            except AttributeError:
+                module.config(commands)
+
+            if save_config:
+                try:
+                    module.config.save_config()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    module.execute(['copy running-config startup-config'])
+
+        result['changed'] = True
+        result['updates'] = commands
+
+    return result
+# END OF COMMON CODE
+
+
+def get_existing(module):
+    existing = []
+    netcfg = get_config(module)
+
+    if module.params['mode'] == 'maintenance':
+        parents = ['configure maintenance profile maintenance-mode']
+    else:
+        parents = ['configure maintenance profile normal-mode']
+
+    config = netcfg.get_section(parents)
+    if config:
+        existing = config.splitlines()
+        existing = [cmd.strip() for cmd in existing]
+        existing.pop(0)
+
+    return existing
+
+
+def state_present(module, existing, commands):
+    cmds = list()
+    cmds.extend(commands)
+    if module.params['mode'] == 'maintenance':
+        cmds.insert(0, 'configure maintenance profile maintenance-mode')
+    else:
+        cmds.insert(0, 'configure maintenance profile normal-mode')
+
+    return cmds
+
+
+def state_absent(module, existing, commands):
+    if module.params['mode'] == 'maintenance':
+        cmds = ['no configure maintenance profile maintenance-mode']
+    else:
+        cmds = ['no configure maintenance profile normal-mode']
+    return cmds
+
+
+def invoke(name, *args, **kwargs):
+    func = globals().get(name)
+    if func:
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def execute_config_command(commands, module):
+    try:
+        module.configure(commands)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                         error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            commands.insert(0, 'configure')
+            module.cli.add_commands(commands, output='config')
+            module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                             error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            commands=dict(required=False, type='list'),
+            mode=dict(required=True, choices=['maintenance', 'normal']),
+            state=dict(choices=['absent', 'present'],
+                       default='present'),
+            include_defaults=dict(default=False),
+            config=dict()
+    )
+    module = get_network_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                                supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    state = module.params['state']
+    commands = module.params['commands'] or []
+
+    if state == 'absent' and commands:
+        module.fail_json(msg='when state is absent, no command can be used.')
+
+    existing = invoke('get_existing', module)
+    end_state = existing
+    changed = False
+
+    result = {}
+    cmds = []
+    if state == 'present' or (state == 'absent' and existing):
+        cmds = invoke('state_%s' % state, module, existing, commands)
+
+        if module.check_mode:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=cmds)
+        else:
+            execute_config_command(cmds, module)
+            changed = True
+            end_state = invoke('get_existing', module)
+
+    result['connected'] = module.connected
+    result['changed'] = changed
+    if module._verbosity > 0:
+        end_state = invoke('get_existing', module)
+        result['end_state'] = end_state
+        result['existing'] = existing
+        result['proposed'] = commands
+        result['updates'] = cmds
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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