Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dxlayer.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dxlayer.py	(revision 32517)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dxlayer.py	(revision 32517)
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+#!/usr/bin/env jython
+
+import re
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree, Element, tostring
+from subprocess import call, PIPE, Popen
+
+from batch import Batch
+
+'''
+Class for using DXLayer webservice
+'''
+class DXLayer(object):
+
+    '''
+    Constructor
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, logger):
+
+        self.logger = logger
+
+    '''
+    Delete's a batch from the DXLayer
+    '''
+    def deleteBatch(self, batchID):
+
+        batch = Batch.getNameFromID(batchID)
+
+        tempFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b')
+
+        p = Popen("../perl/deleteFromDXLayer.pl -b " + batch + " -f " + tempFile.name, 
+                shell=True, 
+                stdout=PIPE)
+        p.wait()
+        
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+           self.logger.debugPair("DXLayer webservice", "failed")
+           return 0
+        else:
+           self.logger.debugPair("DXLayer webservice", "successful")
+
+        ret = self.decodeDXLayerResponse(tempFile.name)
+
+        tempFile.close()
+        p.stdout.close()
+
+        if ret: self.logger.infoPair("Deleted batch from DXLayer", batch) 
+        else: self.logger.errorPair("Unable to delete batch from DXLayer", batch)
+
+        return ret
+
+    '''
+    Parses the XML returned from the DXLayer webservice call
+    '''
+    def decodeDXLayerResponse(self, dxLayerResponseFile):
+
+        doc = ElementTree(file=dxLayerResponseFile)
+
+        try:
+            MESSAGE = doc.find("Rows/Row/Value").text
+
+            #print "MESSAGE " + MESSAGE
+            if re.search("Path not found", MESSAGE):
+                ret = True
+            elif re.search("Deleted", MESSAGE): 
+                ret = True
+                
+        except:
+            self.logger.error("Cannot read DXLayer response file")
+            ret = False
+ 
+        return ret