meta/lib/oe/data.py


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import oe.maketype
import bb.msg

def typed_value(key, d):
    """Construct a value for the specified metadata variable, using its flags
    to determine the type and parameters for construction."""
    var_type = d.getVarFlag(key, 'type')
    flags = d.getVarFlags(key)
    if flags is not None:
        flags = dict((flag, bb.data.expand(value, d))
                     for flag, value in flags.iteritems())
    else:
        flags = {}

    try:
        return oe.maketype.create(d.getVar(key, True) or '', var_type, **flags)
    except (TypeError, ValueError), exc:
        bb.msg.fatal("Data", "%s: %s" % (key, str(exc)))