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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/connectors/properties.txt b/doc/server/plugins/connectors/properties.txt index ef408916e..9fb0dba87 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/connectors/properties.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/connectors/properties.txt @@ -41,9 +41,20 @@ templates as ``metadata.Properties[<filename>]``. The data attribute is an LXML element object. (Documented `here <http://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.html#the-element-class>`_) -Currently, no access methods are defined for this data, but as we -formulate common use cases, we will add them to the !PropertyFile class -as methods. This will simplify templates. +Currently, only one access method is defined for this data, ``Match``. +``Match`` parses the Group and Client tags in the file and returns a +list of elements that apply to the client described by a set of +metadata. (See :ref:`server-plugins-structures-bundler-index` for +more details on how Group and Client tags are parsed.) For instance:: + + {% python + ntp_servers = [el.text + for el in metadata.Properties['ntp.xml'].Match(metadata): + if el.tag == "Server"] + %} + +As we formulate more common use cases, we will add them to the +!PropertyFile class as methods. This will simplify templates. Accessing Properties contents from TGenshi ========================================== |