pwman3/pwman/data/factory.py

#============================================================================
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#============================================================================
# Copyright (C) 2006 Ivan Kelly <ivan@ivankelly.net>
#============================================================================

"""Factory to create Database instances

Usage:

import pwlib.db.DatabaseFactory as DBFactory

db = DBFactory.create(params)
db.open()
.....
"""
from pwman.data.database import Database, DatabaseException

import pwman.util.config as config

def create(type):
    """
    create(params) -> Database
    Create a Database instance. 
    'type' can only be 'SQLite' at the moment
    """

    if type == "BerkeleyDB":
        pass
#        db = BerkeleyDatabase.BerkeleyDatabase(params)
    elif (type == "SQLite"):
        try: 
            from pwman.data.drivers import sqlite
            db = sqlite.SQLiteDatabase()
        except ImportError, e:
            raise DatabaseException("python-sqlite not installed")
    elif (type == "Postgresql"):
        try:
            from pwman.data.drivers import postgresql
            db = postgresql.PostgresqlDatabase()
        except ImportError, e:
            raise DatabaseException("python-pygresql not installed")
    elif (type == "MySQL"):
        try:
            from pwman.data.drivers import mysql
            db = mysql.MySQLDatabase()
        except ImportError, e:
            raise DatabaseException("python-mysqldb not installed")
    else:
        raise DatabaseException("Unknown database type specified")
    return db