def get_attribute()

in tacacs-F4.0.4.28/do_auth.py [0:0]

• 39 lines of code
• 9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def get_attribute(config, the_section, the_option, log_file, filename):
    if not config.has_section(the_section):
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                 + "Error: Section '%s' does not exist in %s\n"
                 % (the_section, filename))
        sys.exit(1)
    if not config.has_option(the_section, the_option):
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                 + "Error: Option '%s' does not exist in section %s in file %s\n"
                 % (the_option, the_section, filename))
        sys.exit(1)
    #Should not have any exceptions - BUT, just in case
    try:
        attributes = config.get(the_section, the_option)
    except ConfigParser.NoSectionError:
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                + "Error: Section '%s' Doesn't Exist!\n"
                % (the_section))
        sys.exit(1)
    except ConfigParser.DuplicateSectionError:
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                + "Error: Duplicate section '%s'\n"
                % (the_section))
        sys.exit(1)
    except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                    + "Error: '%s' not found in section '%s\n'"
                     % (the_option, the_section))
        sys.exit(1)
    #To do: finish exceptions.
    except ConfigParser.ParsingError:
        log_file.write(strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: ")
                + "Error: Can't parse file '%s'! (You got me)\n"
             % (filename))
        sys.exit(1)
    attributes = attributes.split('\n')
    #Strip empty lines
    attributes2 = []
    for line in attributes:
        if line:
            attributes2.append(line)
    return attributes2