lp.bugs.interfaces.externalbugtracker.IExternalBugTracker : API documentation

Method	getExternalBugTrackerToUse	Return the `ExternalBugTracker` instance to use.
Method	getCurrentDBTime	Return the current time of the bug tracker's DB server.
Method	getModifiedRemoteBugs	Return the bug ids that have been modified.
Method	initializeRemoteBugDB	Do any initialization before each bug watch is updated.
Method	convertRemoteStatus	Convert a remote status string to a BugTaskStatus item.
Method	convertRemoteImportance	Convert a remote importance to a BugTaskImportance item.
Method	getRemoteProduct	Return the remote product for a given remote bug.

def getExternalBugTrackerToUse():

Return the ExternalBugTracker instance to use.

Probe the remote bug tracker and choose the right ExternalBugTracker instance to use further on. In most cases this will simply return self.

def getCurrentDBTime():

Return the current time of the bug tracker's DB server.

The current time will be returned as a timezone-aware datetime.

Returns datetime.datetime with timezone.

def getModifiedRemoteBugs(remote_bug_ids, last_checked):

Return the bug ids that have been modified.

Return all ids if the modified bugs can't be determined.

Parameters	remote_bug_ids	The remote bug IDs to be checked. (type: `list` of strings)
	last_checked	The date and time since when a bug should be considered modified.
	last_checked	`datetime.datetime`

def initializeRemoteBugDB(remote_bug_ids):

Do any initialization before each bug watch is updated.

Parameters remote_bug_ids The remote bug IDs that to be checked. (type: list of strings)

def convertRemoteStatus(remote_status):

Convert a remote status string to a BugTaskStatus item.

Returns a member of BugTaskStatus

def convertRemoteImportance(remote_importance):

Convert a remote importance to a BugTaskImportance item.

Returns a member of BugTaskImportance

def getRemoteProduct(remote_bug):

Return the remote product for a given remote bug.

Parameters	remote_bug	The ID of the remote bug for which to return the remote product. (type: string)
Returns	The remote product for `remote_bug`. If no remote product is recorded for `remote_bug` return None.
Raises	BugNotFound	If `remote_bug` doesn't exist for the bug tracker.

l.b.i.e.IExternalBugTracker(Interface) : interface documentation