shopify-junos-ez-stdlib 1.0.0

data/lib/junos-ez/l2_ports/vlan.rb

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+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN < Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider  
+  
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML top placement
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_at_top
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new {|xml| xml.configuration {
+      xml.interfaces {
+        return xml_at_element_top( xml, @name )
+      }
+    }}
+  end
+  
+  # set the edit anchor inside the ethernet-switching stanza
+  # we will need to 'up-out' when making changes to the 
+  # unit information, like description
+  
+  def xml_at_element_top( xml, name )
+    xml.interface {
+      xml.name name
+      xml.unit { 
+        xml.name '0'
+        return xml
+      }
+    }    
+  end
+     
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML property readers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------  
+
+  def xml_get_has_xml( xml )              
+    # second unit contains the family/ethernet-switching stanza
+    got = xml.xpath('//unit')[0]
+    
+    # if this resource doesn't exist we need to default some 
+    # values into has/should variables
+    
+    unless got
+      @has[:vlan_tagging] = false
+      @should = @has.clone
+    end
+    
+    got
+  end
+  
+  def xml_read_parser( as_xml, as_hash )    
+    set_has_status( as_xml, as_hash )  
+    
+    xml_when_item(as_xml.xpath('description')){|i| as_hash[:description] = i.text}
+
+    f_eth = as_xml.xpath('family/ethernet-switching')        
+    as_hash[:vlan_tagging] = f_eth.xpath('interface-mode').text.chomp == 'trunk' 
+    
+    # obtain a copy of the running state, this is needed in case the config
+    # is located under the [edit vlans] stanza vs. [edit interfaces]
+    
+    ifs_name = @name || as_xml.xpath('ancestor::interface/name').text.strip
+    eth_port_vlans = _get_eth_port_vlans_h( ifs_name )
+    @under_vlans = []
+    
+    # --- access port        
+    
+    if as_hash[:vlan_tagging] == false
+      xml_when_item(f_eth.xpath('vlan/members')){ |i| as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = i.text.chomp }
+      unless as_hash[:untagged_vlan]
+        as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = eth_port_vlans[:untagged]
+        @under_vlans << eth_port_vlans[:untagged]
+      end
+      return
+    end
+    
+    # --- trunk port    
+    
+    xml_when_item(f_eth.xpath('native-vlan-id')){|i| as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = i.text.chomp }
+    as_hash[:untagged_vlan] ||= eth_port_vlans[:untagged]    
+    as_hash[:tagged_vlans] = f_eth.xpath('vlan/members').collect { |v| v.text.chomp }.to_set   
+    (eth_port_vlans[:tagged] - as_hash[:tagged_vlans]).each do |vlan|
+      as_hash[:tagged_vlans] << vlan
+      @under_vlans << vlan
+    end
+    
+  end
+    
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML on_create, on_delete handlers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------   
+  
+  ## overload the xml_on_delete method since we may need
+  ## to do some cleanup work in the [edit vlans] stanza
+  
+  def xml_on_delete( xml )
+    return unless @under_vlans
+    return if @under_vlans.empty?
+    
+    _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, @under_vlans )
+  end   
+  
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML property writers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------    
+  
+  def xml_at_here( xml )
+    xml.family {
+      xml.send(:'ethernet-switching') {
+        return xml
+      }
+    }
+  end
+  
+  def xml_build_change( nop = nil )
+    @under_vlans ||= []       # handles case for create'd port
+    
+    if mode_changed?
+      @should[:untagged_vlan] ||= @has[:untagged_vlan]    
+    end
+    
+    super xml_at_here( xml_at_top )
+  end  
+
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :description
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  ## overload default method since we need to "up-out" of the
+  ## ethernet-switching stanza
+  
+  def xml_change_description( xml )
+    unit = xml.parent.xpath('ancestor::unit')[0]
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( unit ){ |x| 
+      xml_set_or_delete( x, 'description', @should[:description] )
+    }
+  end
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :vlan_tagging
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_change_vlan_tagging( xml )    
+    interface_mode = should_trunk? ? 'trunk' : 'access'
+    xml.send(:'interface-mode', interface_mode )
+    
+    # when the vlan_tagging value changes then this method
+    # will trigger updates to the untagged_vlan and tagged_vlans
+    # resource values as well.
+    # !!! DO NOT SWAP THIS ORDER untagged processing *MUST* BE FIRST!
+    
+    upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    upd_tagged_vlans( xml ) 
+    
+    return true
+  end  
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :tagged_vlans
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_change_tagged_vlans( xml )  
+    return false if mode_changed?  
+    upd_tagged_vlans( xml )
+  end
+  
+  def upd_tagged_vlans( xml )        
+    return false unless should_trunk?
+    
+    @should[:tagged_vlans] = @should[:tagged_vlans].to_set if @should[:tagged_vlans].kind_of? Array
+    @has[:tagged_vlans] = @has[:tagged_vlans].to_set if @has[:tagged_vlans].kind_of? Array    
+
+    v_should = @should[:tagged_vlans] || Set.new    
+    v_has = @has[:tagged_vlans] || Set.new    
+    
+    del = v_has - v_should
+    add = v_should - v_has 
+
+    del_under_vlans = del & @under_vlans    
+
+    unless del_under_vlans.empty?
+      del = del ^ @under_vlans
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, del_under_vlans )
+      @under_vlans = []
+    end
+
+    if add or del
+      xml.vlan {
+        del.each { |v| xml.members v, Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE }
+        add.each { |v| xml.members v }
+      }  
+    end
+    
+    return true    
+  end    
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------  
+  ## :untagged_vlan
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------  
+  
+  def xml_change_untagged_vlan( xml )   
+    return false if mode_changed?         
+    upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+  end  
+  
+  def upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    self.class.change_untagged_vlan( self, xml )
+  end    
+  
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+##### Class methods for handling state-transitions between
+##### configurations (tagged/untagged)
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN
+    
+  # creating some class definitions ...
+  # this is a bit complicated because we need to handle port-mode
+  # change transitions; basically dealing with the fact that
+  # trunk ports use 'native-vlan-id' and access ports have a
+  # vlan member definition; i.e. they don't use native-vlan-id, ugh.
+  # Rather than doing all this logic as if/then/else statements,
+  # I've opted to using a proc jump-table technique.  Lessons
+  # learned from lots of embedded systems programming :-)    
+    
+  def self.init_jump_table
+    
+    # auto-hash table, majik!
+    hash = Hash.new(&(p=lambda{|h,k| h[k] = Hash.new(&p)}))
+    
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # -   jump table for handling various untagged vlan change use-cases      
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------      
+    # There are three criteria for selection:  
+    # | is_trunk | will_trunk | no_untg |
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    # - will not have untagged vlan 
+    hash[false][false][true] = self.method(:ac_ac_nountg)
+    hash[false][true][true] = self.method(:ac_tr_nountg)
+    hash[true][false][true] = self.method(:tr_ac_nountg)
+    hash[true][true][true] = self.method(:tr_tr_nountg)
+    
+    # - will have untagged vlan 
+    hash[false][false][false] = self.method(:ac_ac_untg)
+    hash[false][true][false] = self.method(:ac_tr_untg)
+    hash[true][false][false] = self.method(:tr_ac_untg)
+    hash[true][true][false] = self.method(:tr_tr_untg)
+    
+    hash
+  end
+    
+  ### invoke the correct method from the jump table
+  ### based on the three criteria to select the action
+  
+  def self.change_untagged_vlan( this, xml )
+    @@ez_l2_jmptbl ||= init_jump_table    
+    proc = @@ez_l2_jmptbl[this.is_trunk?][this.should_trunk?][this.should[:untagged_vlan].nil?]
+    proc.call( this, xml )
+  end
+  
+  ### -------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### The following are all the change transition functions for
+  ### each of the use-cases
+  ### -------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def self.ac_ac_nountg( this, xml )
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+  end
+  
+  def self.ac_tr_nountg( this, xml )      
+    unless (untg_vlan = this.has[:untagged_vlan]).nil?
+      this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_ac_nountg( this, xml )
+    xml.send :'native-vlan-id', Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE
+    this._xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, this.has[:tagged_vlans ] ) if this.has[:tagged_vlans]    
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_tr_nountg( this, xml )
+    xml.send :'native-vlan-id', Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE              
+  end
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## transition where port WILL-HAVE untagged-vlan
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def self.ac_ac_untg( this, xml )
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    xml.vlan {
+      xml.members this.should[:untagged_vlan]
+    }            
+  end
+  
+  def self.ac_tr_untg( this, xml )      
+    # move untagged vlan to native-vlan-id ...    
+    was_untg_vlan = this.has[:untagged_vlan]
+    xml.send :'native-vlan-id', this.should[:untagged_vlan]       
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml ) if was_untg_vlan   
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_ac_untg( this, xml )    
+    xml.send :'native-vlan-id', Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE 
+    this._xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, this.has[:tagged_vlans ] ) if this.has[:tagged_vlans]         
+    xml.vlan { xml.members this.should[:untagged_vlan] }
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_tr_untg( this, xml )
+    xml.send :'native-vlan-id', this.should[:untagged_vlan]              
+  end
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+##### Provider collection methods
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN
+  
+  def build_list
+    
+    begin
+      got = @ndev.rpc.get_ethernet_switching_interface_information(:summary=>true)
+    rescue => e
+      # in this case, no ethernet-switching is enabled so return empty list
+      return []
+    end
+    
+    got.xpath('interface/interface-name').collect{ |ifn| ifn.text.split('.')[0] }
+  end
+  
+  def build_catalog
+    @catalog = {}    
+    return @catalog if list!.empty?
+    
+    list.each do |ifs_name|
+      @ndev.rpc.get_configuration{ |xml|
+        xml.interfaces {
+          xml.interface {
+            xml.name ifs_name
+            xml.unit { xml.name '0' }
+          }
+        }
+      }.xpath('interfaces/interface').each do |ifs_xml|
+        @catalog[ifs_name] = {}
+        unit = ifs_xml.xpath('unit')[0]        
+        xml_read_parser( unit, @catalog[ifs_name] )
+      end
+    end    
+    
+    @catalog
+  end
+  
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+#####               !!!!! PRIVATE METHODS !!!!
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN
+  private
+  
+  def _get_eth_port_vlans_h( ifs_name )
+    
+    got = @ndev.rpc.get_ethernet_switching_interface_information(:interface_name => ifs_name)
+    ret_h = {:untagged => nil, :tagged => Set.new }
+    got.xpath('//interface-vlan-member').each do |vlan|
+      vlan_name = vlan.xpath('interface-vlan-name').text.strip      
+      tgdy = vlan.xpath('interface-vlan-member-tagness').text.strip
+      if tgdy == 'untagged'
+        ret_h[:untagged] = vlan_name
+      else
+        ret_h[:tagged] << vlan_name
+      end
+    end
+    ret_h
+  end
+  
+end
+
+
+### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+### [edit vlans] - for interfaces configured here ...
+### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN
+  
+    def _xml_edit_under_vlans( xml )
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( xml.doc.root ) do |dot|
+      dot.vlans {
+        return dot
+      }
+    end      
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, vlans )
+    at_vlans = _xml_edit_under_vlans( xml )
+    vlans.each do |vlan_name|
+      Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( at_vlans.parent ) do |this|
+        this.vlan {
+          this.name vlan_name
+          this.interface( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) { this.name @name }
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    if @under_vlans.empty?
+      xml.vlan Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE    
+    else
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, [ @has[:untagged_vlan ] ] )
+      @under_vlans = []    
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, vlans )
+    if @under_vlans.empty?
+      xml.vlan( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) 
+    else
+      # could be a mix between [edit vlans] and [edit interfaces] ...
+      v_has = vlans.to_set
+      del_under_vlans = v_has & @under_vlans
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, del_under_vlans )
+      if v_has ^ @under_vlans
+        xml.vlan( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) 
+      end
+      @under_vlans = []        
+    end
+  end
+  
+end
+

data/lib/junos-ez/l2_ports/vlan_l2ng.rb

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+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG < Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider  
+  
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML top placement
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_at_top
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new {|xml| xml.configuration {
+      xml.interfaces {
+        return xml_at_element_top( xml, @name )
+      }
+    }}
+  end
+  
+  # set the edit anchor inside the ethernet-switching stanza
+  # we will need to 'up-out' when making changes to the 
+  # unit information, like description
+  
+  def xml_at_element_top( xml, name )
+    xml.interface {
+      xml.name name
+      xml.send(:'native-vlan-id')
+      xml.unit { 
+        xml.name '0'
+        return xml
+      }
+    }    
+  end
+     
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML property readers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------  
+
+  def xml_get_has_xml( xml )              
+    # second unit contains the family/ethernet-switching stanza
+    got = xml.xpath('//unit')[0]
+    
+    # if this resource doesn't exist we need to default some 
+    # values into has/should variables
+    
+    unless got
+      @has[:vlan_tagging] = false
+      @should = @has.clone
+    end
+    
+    got
+  end
+  
+  def xml_read_parser( as_xml, as_hash )   
+    ## reading is anchored at the [... unit 0 ...] level
+    set_has_status( as_xml, as_hash )  
+    
+    xml_when_item(as_xml.xpath('description')){|i| as_hash[:description] = i.text}
+
+    f_eth = as_xml.xpath('family/ethernet-switching')        
+    as_hash[:vlan_tagging] = f_eth.xpath('interface-mode').text.chomp == 'trunk' 
+    
+    # obtain a copy of the running state, this is needed in case the config
+    # is located under the [edit vlans] stanza vs. [edit interfaces]
+    
+    ifs_name = @name || as_xml.xpath('ancestor::interface/name').text.strip
+    eth_port_vlans = _get_eth_port_vlans_h( ifs_name )
+    @under_vlans = []
+    
+    # --- access port        
+    
+    if as_hash[:vlan_tagging] == false
+      xml_when_item(f_eth.xpath('vlan/members')){ |i| as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = i.text.chomp }
+      unless as_hash[:untagged_vlan]
+        as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = eth_port_vlans[:untagged]
+        @under_vlans << eth_port_vlans[:untagged]
+      end
+      return
+    end
+    
+    # --- trunk port    
+    
+    as_hash[:untagged_vlan] ||= eth_port_vlans[:untagged]    
+    as_hash[:tagged_vlans] = f_eth.xpath('vlan/members').collect { |v| v.text.chomp }.to_set   
+    (eth_port_vlans[:tagged] - as_hash[:tagged_vlans]).each do |vlan|
+      as_hash[:tagged_vlans] << vlan
+      @under_vlans << vlan
+    end
+    
+    # native-vlan-id is set at the interface level, and is the VLAN-ID, not the vlan
+    # name.  So we need to do a bit of translating here.  The *ASSUMPTION* is that the
+    # native-vlan-id value is a given VLAN in the tagged_vlan list.  So we will use 
+    # that list to do the reverse lookup on the tag-id => name
+    
+    xml_when_item(f_eth.xpath('ancestor::interface/native-vlan-id')){ |i| 
+      as_hash[:untagged_vlan] = _vlan_tag_id_to_name( i.text.chomp, as_hash ) 
+    }
+  end
+    
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML on_create, on_delete handlers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------   
+  
+  ## overload the xml_on_delete method since we may need
+  ## to do some cleanup work in the [edit vlans] stanza
+  
+  def xml_on_delete( xml )
+    @ifd = xml.instance_variable_get(:@parent).at_xpath('ancestor::interface')
+    @ifd.xpath('//native-vlan-id').remove      ## remove the element from the get-config    
+    
+    return unless @under_vlans
+    return if @under_vlans.empty?
+
+    _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, @under_vlans )
+  end   
+
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### XML property writers
+  ### ---------------------------------------------------------------    
+  
+  def xml_at_here( xml )
+    @ifd = xml.instance_variable_get(:@parent).at_xpath('ancestor::interface')
+    @ifd.xpath('//native-vlan-id').remove      ## remove the element from the get-config
+    
+    xml.family {
+      xml.send(:'ethernet-switching') {
+        return xml
+      }
+    }
+  end
+  
+  def xml_build_change( nop = nil )
+    @under_vlans ||= []       # handles case for create'd port
+    
+    if mode_changed?
+      @should[:untagged_vlan] ||= @has[:untagged_vlan]    
+    end
+    
+    super xml_at_here( xml_at_top )
+  end  
+
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :description
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  ## overload default method since we need to "up-out" of the
+  ## ethernet-switching stanza
+  
+  def xml_change_description( xml )
+    unit = xml.parent.xpath('ancestor::unit')[0]
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( unit ){ |x| 
+      xml_set_or_delete( x, 'description', @should[:description] )
+    }
+  end
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :vlan_tagging
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_change_vlan_tagging( xml )    
+    port_mode = should_trunk? ? 'trunk' : 'access'
+    xml.send(:'interface-mode', port_mode )
+    
+    # when the vlan_tagging value changes then this method
+    # will trigger updates to the untagged_vlan and tagged_vlans
+    # resource values as well.
+    # !!! DO NOT SWAP THIS ORDER untagged processing *MUST* BE FIRST!
+    
+    upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    upd_tagged_vlans( xml ) 
+    
+    return true
+  end  
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## :tagged_vlans
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def xml_change_tagged_vlans( xml )  
+    return false if mode_changed?  
+    upd_tagged_vlans( xml )
+  end
+  
+  def upd_tagged_vlans( xml )        
+    return false unless should_trunk?
+        
+    @should[:tagged_vlans] = @should[:tagged_vlans].to_set if @should[:tagged_vlans].kind_of? Array
+    @has[:tagged_vlans] = @has[:tagged_vlans].to_set if @has[:tagged_vlans].kind_of? Array    
+
+    v_should = @should[:tagged_vlans] || Set.new    
+    v_has = @has[:tagged_vlans] || Set.new    
+    
+    del = v_has - v_should
+    add = v_should - v_has 
+
+    del_under_vlans = del & @under_vlans    
+
+    unless del_under_vlans.empty?
+      del = del ^ @under_vlans
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, del_under_vlans )
+      @under_vlans = []
+    end
+    
+    if add or del
+      xml.vlan {
+        del.each { |v| xml.members v, Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE }
+        add.each { |v| xml.members v }
+      }  
+    end
+    
+    return true    
+  end    
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------  
+  ## :untagged_vlan
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------  
+  
+  def xml_change_untagged_vlan( xml )   
+    return false if mode_changed?         
+    upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+  end  
+  
+  def upd_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    self.class.change_untagged_vlan( self, xml )
+  end    
+  
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+##### Class methods for handling state-transitions between
+##### configurations (tagged/untagged)
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+    
+  # creating some class definitions ...
+  # this is a bit complicated because we need to handle port-mode
+  # change transitions; basically dealing with the fact that
+  # trunk ports use 'native-vlan-id' and access ports have a
+  # vlan member definition; i.e. they don't use native-vlan-id, ugh.
+  # Rather than doing all this logic as if/then/else statements,
+  # I've opted to using a proc jump-table technique.  Lessons
+  # learned from lots of embedded systems programming :-)    
+    
+  def self.init_jump_table
+    
+    # auto-hash table, majik!
+    hash = Hash.new(&(p=lambda{|h,k| h[k] = Hash.new(&p)}))
+    
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # -   jump table for handling various untagged vlan change use-cases      
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------      
+    # There are three criteria for selection:  
+    # | is_trunk | will_trunk | no_untg |
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    # - will not have untagged vlan 
+    hash[false][false][true] = self.method(:ac_ac_nountg)
+    hash[false][true][true] = self.method(:ac_tr_nountg)
+    hash[true][false][true] = self.method(:tr_ac_nountg)
+    hash[true][true][true] = self.method(:tr_tr_nountg)
+    
+    # - will have untagged vlan 
+    hash[false][false][false] = self.method(:ac_ac_untg)
+    hash[false][true][false] = self.method(:ac_tr_untg)
+    hash[true][false][false] = self.method(:tr_ac_untg)
+    hash[true][true][false] = self.method(:tr_tr_untg)
+    
+    hash
+  end
+    
+  ### invoke the correct method from the jump table
+  ### based on the three criteria to select the action
+  
+  def self.change_untagged_vlan( this, xml )
+    @@ez_l2_jmptbl ||= init_jump_table    
+    proc = @@ez_l2_jmptbl[this.is_trunk?][this.should_trunk?][this.should[:untagged_vlan].nil?]
+    proc.call( this, xml )
+  end
+  
+  ### -------------------------------------------------------------
+  ### The following are all the change transition functions for
+  ### each of the use-cases
+  ### -------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def self.ac_ac_nountg( this, xml )
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+  end
+  
+  def self.ac_tr_nountg( this, xml )      
+    unless (untg_vlan = this.has[:untagged_vlan]).nil?
+      this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_ac_nountg( this, xml )
+    this._delete_native_vlan_id( xml )
+    this._xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, this.has[:tagged_vlans ] ) if this.has[:tagged_vlans]    
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_tr_nountg( this, xml )
+    this._delete_native_vlan_id( xml )          
+  end
+  
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  ## transition where port WILL-HAVE untagged-vlan
+  ## ----------------------------------------------------------------
+  
+  def self.ac_ac_untg( this, xml )
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    xml.vlan {
+      xml.members this.should[:untagged_vlan]
+    }            
+  end
+  
+  def self.ac_tr_untg( this, xml )      
+    # move untagged vlan to native-vlan-id ...    
+    was_untg_vlan = this.has[:untagged_vlan]
+    this._set_native_vlan_id( xml, this.should[:untagged_vlan] )
+    this._xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml ) if was_untg_vlan   
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_ac_untg( this, xml )    
+    this._delete_native_vlan_id( xml )
+    this._xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, this.has[:tagged_vlans ] ) if this.has[:tagged_vlans]         
+    xml.vlan { xml.members this.should[:untagged_vlan] }
+  end
+  
+  def self.tr_tr_untg( this, xml )
+    this._set_native_vlan_id( xml, this.should[:untagged_vlan] )
+  end
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+##### Provider collection methods
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+  
+  def build_list
+    begin
+      got = @ndev.rpc.get_ethernet_switching_interface_information( :brief => true)
+    rescue => e
+      # in this case, no ethernet-switching is enabled so return empty list
+      return []
+    end   
+    got.xpath('//l2iff-interface-name').collect{ |ifn| ifn.text.split('.')[0] }
+  end
+  
+  def build_catalog
+    @catalog = {}    
+    return @catalog if list!.empty?
+    
+    list.each do |ifs_name|
+      @ndev.rpc.get_configuration{ |xml|
+        xml.interfaces {
+          xml_at_element_top( xml, ifs_name )
+        }
+      }.xpath('interfaces/interface').each do |ifs_xml|
+        @catalog[ifs_name] = {}
+        unit = xml_get_has_xml( ifs_xml )
+        xml_read_parser( unit, @catalog[ifs_name] )
+      end
+    end    
+    
+    @catalog
+  end
+  
+end
+
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+#####               !!!!! PRIVATE METHODS !!!!
+##### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+  private
+  
+  def _get_eth_port_vlans_h( ifs_name )
+    
+    got = @ndev.rpc.get_ethernet_switching_interface_information(:interface_name => ifs_name)
+    ret_h = {:untagged => nil, :tagged => Set.new }
+    got.xpath('//l2ng-l2ald-iff-interface-entry').each do |vlan|
+      # one of the node-set elements (the first one?) contains the interface name.
+      # this doesn't have any VLAN information, so skip it.
+      next if vlan.xpath('l2iff-interface-name')
+      
+      vlan_name = vlan.xpath('l2iff-interface-vlan-name').text.strip      
+      tgdy = vlan.xpath('l2iff-interface-vlan-member-tagness').text.strip
+      if tgdy == 'untagged'
+        ret_h[:untagged] = vlan_name
+      else
+        ret_h[:tagged] << vlan_name
+      end
+    end
+    ret_h
+  end
+  
+end
+
+
+### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+### [edit vlans] - for interfaces configured here ...
+### ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+  
+    def _xml_edit_under_vlans( xml )
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( xml.doc.root ) do |dot|
+      dot.vlans {
+        return dot
+      }
+    end      
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, vlans )
+    if vlans.any?
+      at_vlans = _xml_edit_under_vlans( xml )
+      vlans.each do |vlan_name|
+        Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( at_vlans.parent ) do |this|
+          this.vlan {
+            this.name vlan_name
+            this.interface( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) { this.name @name }
+          }
+        end
+      end
+    end    
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_ac_untagged_vlan( xml )
+    if @under_vlans.empty?
+      xml.vlan Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE    
+    else
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, [ @has[:untagged_vlan ] ] )
+      @under_vlans = []    
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def _xml_rm_these_vlans( xml, vlans )
+    if @under_vlans.empty?
+      xml.vlan( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) 
+    else
+      # could be a mix between [edit vlans] and [edit interfaces] ...
+      v_has = vlans.to_set
+      del_under_vlans = v_has & @under_vlans
+      _xml_rm_under_vlans( xml, del_under_vlans )
+      if v_has ^ @under_vlans
+        xml.vlan( Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE ) 
+      end
+      @under_vlans = []        
+    end
+  end
+  
+end
+
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+  
+  def _vlan_name_to_tag_id( vlan_name )
+    tag_id = @ndev.rpc.get_configuration { |xml|
+      xml.vlans { xml.vlan { xml.name vlan_name }}
+    }.xpath('//vlan-id').text.chomp
+    
+    raise ArgumentError, "VLAN '#{vlan_name}' not found" if tag_id.empty?
+    return tag_id
+  end
+  
+  def _vlan_tag_id_to_name( tag_id, my_hash )
+    # get the candidate configuration for each VLAN named in tagged_vlans and
+    # then map it to the corresponding vlan-id.  this is not very effecient, but
+    # at present there is no other way without getting into a cache mech.    
+    vlan_name = @ndev.rpc.get_configuration { |xml|
+      xml.vlans {
+        my_hash[:tagged_vlans].each do |v_name|
+          xml.vlan { 
+            xml.name v_name 
+            xml.send(:'vlan-id')
+          }
+        end
+      }
+    }.xpath("//vlan[vlan-id = '#{tag_id}']/name").text.chomp    
+    
+    raise ArgumentError, "VLAN-ID '#{tag_id}' not found" if vlan_name.empty?
+    return vlan_name
+  end
+  
+end
+
+class Junos::Ez::L2ports::Provider::VLAN_L2NG
+  def _at_native_vlan_id( xml )
+
+    ifd
+  end
+  
+  def _delete_native_vlan_id( xml )
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( @ifd ) do |dot|
+      dot.send :'native-vlan-id', Netconf::JunosConfig::DELETE
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+  
+  def _set_native_vlan_id( xml, vlan_name )
+    Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with( @ifd ) do |dot|
+      dot.send :'native-vlan-id', _vlan_name_to_tag_id( vlan_name )
+    end    
+    return true
+  end
+end