ncclient should require minimum of lxml>=3.3.0

test/unit/transport/expected_edit_message.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rpc xmlns:if="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:if_manager" xmlns:nfcli="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:nfcli" xmlns:nxos="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0" xmlns:vlan_mgr_cli="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:vlan_mgr_cli" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="urn:uuid:UUID-HERE"><edit-config><target><running/></target><config> <configure> <__XML__MODE__exec_configure> <vlan> <vlan-id-create-delete> <__XML__PARAM_value>1</__XML__PARAM_value> <__XML__MODE_vlan> <name> <vlan-name>1</vlan-name> </name> </__XML__MODE_vlan> </vlan-id-create-delete> </vlan> </__XML__MODE__exec_configure> </configure> </config></edit-config></rpc>

test/unit/transport/expected_get_message.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rpc xmlns:if="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:if_manager" xmlns:nfcli="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:nfcli" xmlns:nxos="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0" xmlns:vlan_mgr_cli="http://www.cisco.com/nxos:1.0:vlan_mgr_cli" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="urn:uuid:UUID-HERE"><get><filter type="subtree"><cmd>show version</cmd></filter></get></rpc>

test/unit/transport/test_clear_attributes.py

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+from ncclient import manager
+from ncclient import transport
+from ncclient.manager import Manager
+
+import re
+
+import os
+
+from mock import Mock
+from mock import create_autospec
+
+from nose.tools import assert_equal
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+class Test_LXML_problem(TestCase):
+
+    def test_clear_attributes_from_previous_message(self):
+        """test sending multiple messages results in valid xml"""
+
+        test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+        # setup ncclient
+        device_handler = manager.make_device_handler({'name':'nexus'})
+        session = transport.Session(device_handler)
+        def mock_send(self, message='Not Set'):
+            pass
+        mock_send_function = create_autospec(mock_send, return_value="<test/>")
+        session.send = Mock(side_effect=mock_send_function)
+        session._connected = True
+        mgr = Manager(session, device_handler)
+        mgr._async_mode = True
+
+        # make first get call
+        mgr.get(filter=('subtree', '<cmd>show version</cmd>'))
+        xml_string = mock_send_function.mock_calls[0][1][0] # first call, second arg, value
+        xml_string = self._normalize_uuid(xml_string)
+        assert_equal(self._read_test_string(test_dir + '/expected_get_message.xml'), xml_string)
+        mock_send_function.reset_mock()
+
+        # make an edit-config call
+        config = '''<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+                      <configure>
+                        <__XML__MODE__exec_configure>
+                          <vlan>
+                            <vlan-id-create-delete>
+                              <__XML__PARAM_value>1</__XML__PARAM_value>
+                                <__XML__MODE_vlan>
+                                  <name>
+                                    <vlan-name>1</vlan-name>
+                                  </name>
+                                </__XML__MODE_vlan>
+                              </vlan-id-create-delete>
+                            </vlan>
+                        </__XML__MODE__exec_configure>
+                      </configure>
+                    </config>'''
+        config = ' '.join(config.split())
+
+
+        mgr.edit_config(target='running', config=config)
+        xml_string = mock_send_function.mock_calls[0][1][0]
+        xml_string = self._normalize_uuid(xml_string)
+        # using lxml 3.2.1 attributes from the get message bleed into the edit
+        assert_equal(self._read_test_string(test_dir + '/expected_edit_message.xml'), xml_string)
+
+    def _normalize_uuid(self, x):
+        """replace the UUID, so we can compare apples to apples"""
+        return re.sub(r"urn:uuid:[a-z0-9\-]*", "urn:uuid:UUID-HERE", x)
+
+
+    def _read_test_string(self, file):
+        with open(file, 'r') as f:
+            text = f.read()
+        return text