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    rbtools.commands.review¶

    Implementation of rbt review.

    New in version 3.0.

    Classes

    AddCommentSubCommand(options, config, *args, ...)

    Base class for comment subcommands.

    AddDiffComment(options, config, *args, **kwargs)

    Subcommand to add a diff comment to a draft review.

    AddFileAttachmentComment(options, config, ...)

    Subcommand to add a file attachment comment to a review draft.

    AddGeneralComment(options, config, *args, ...)

    Subcommand to add a general comment to a review draft.

    Discard(options, config, *args, **kwargs)

    Subcommand to discard a draft review.

    Edit(options, config, *args, **kwargs)

    Subcommand to create or edit draft reviews.

    Publish(options, config, *args, **kwargs)

    Subcommand for publishing a review draft.

    Review([transport_cls, stdout, stderr, stdin])

    RBTools command to create and publish reviews.

    ReviewSubCommand(options, config, *args, ...)

    A subcommand for review actions.

    class rbtools.commands.review.ReviewSubCommand(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseSubCommand

    A subcommand for review actions.

    needs_api = True[source]¶

    Whether the command needs the API client.

    If this is set, the initialization of the command will set api_client and api_root.

    New in version 3.0.

    Type:

    bool

    create_review_if_missing = True[source]¶

    Whether to create the review if it does not exist.

    Type:

    bool

    get_review_draft()[source]¶

    Return the review draft, creating if desired.

    Returrns:

    rbtools.api.resource.ItemResource: The review draft resource.

    class rbtools.commands.review.AddCommentSubCommand(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: ReviewSubCommand

    Base class for comment subcommands.

    option_list = [<rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    add_comment(text_type)[source]¶

    Create the comment.

    Parameters:

    text_type (unicode) – The text type to use.

    Raises:

    rbtools.api.errors.APIError – An error occurred while performing API requests.

    main()[source]¶

    Run the command.

    class rbtools.commands.review.AddDiffComment(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: AddCommentSubCommand

    Subcommand to add a diff comment to a draft review.

    name = 'add-diff-comment'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Add a comment to a diff as part of a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    option_list = [<rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>, <rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    add_comment(text_type)[source]¶

    Create the comment.

    Parameters:

    text_type (unicode) – The text type to use.

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – An error occurred while performing API requests.

    • rbtools.commands.CommandError – Another error occurred while creating the comment.

    class rbtools.commands.review.AddFileAttachmentComment(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: AddCommentSubCommand

    Subcommand to add a file attachment comment to a review draft.

    name = 'add-file-attachment-comment'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Add a comment to a file attachment as part of a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    option_list = [<rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>, <rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    add_comment(text_type)[source]¶

    Create the comment.

    Parameters:

    text_type (unicode) – The text type to use.

    Raises:

    rbtools.api.errors.APIError – An error occurred while performing API requests.

    class rbtools.commands.review.AddGeneralComment(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: AddCommentSubCommand

    Subcommand to add a general comment to a review draft.

    name = 'add-general-comment'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Add a general comment as part of a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    add_comment(text_type)[source]¶

    Create the comment.

    Parameters:

    text_type (unicode) – The text type to use.

    Raises:

    rbtools.api.errors.APIError – An error occurred while performing API requests.

    class rbtools.commands.review.Discard(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: ReviewSubCommand

    Subcommand to discard a draft review.

    name = 'discard'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Discard a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    create_review_if_missing = False[source]¶

    Whether to create the review if it does not exist.

    Type:

    bool

    main()[source]¶

    Run the review discard command.

    class rbtools.commands.review.Edit(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: ReviewSubCommand

    Subcommand to create or edit draft reviews.

    name = 'edit'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Create or edit a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    option_list = [<rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    main()[source]¶

    Run the review edit command.

    class rbtools.commands.review.Publish(options, config, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: ReviewSubCommand

    Subcommand for publishing a review draft.

    name = 'publish'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    help_text = 'Publish a draft review.'[source]¶

    The subcommand’s help text.

    Type:

    unicode

    create_review_if_missing = False[source]¶

    Whether to create the review if it does not exist.

    Type:

    bool

    main()[source]¶

    Run the review publish command.

    class rbtools.commands.review.Review(transport_cls=<class 'rbtools.api.transport.sync.SyncTransport'>, stdout=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, stderr=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stderr>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, stdin=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdin>' mode='r' encoding='utf-8'>)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseMultiCommand

    RBTools command to create and publish reviews.

    name = 'review'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    author = 'The Review Board Project'[source]¶

    The author of the command.

    Type:

    unicode

    description = 'Creates, updates, and edits reviews.'[source]¶

    A short description of the command, suitable for display in usage text.

    Type:

    unicode

    subcommands = [<class 'rbtools.commands.review.Edit'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.review.Publish'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.review.AddDiffComment'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.review.AddGeneralComment'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.review.AddFileAttachmentComment'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.review.Discard'>][source]¶

    The available subcommands.

    This is a list of BaseSubCommand sub classes.

    Type:

    list

    common_subcommand_option_list = [<rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>, <rbtools.commands.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Options common to all subcommands.

    Type:

    list

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