Implement attribute types to handle special cases

Some attributes need to be parsed/modified to work with the API (for
instance lists). This patch provides two attribute types that will
simplify parts of the code, and fix some CLI bugs.

Fixes #443

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gitlab/v4/cli.py b/gitlab/v4/cli.py
index bceba33..0e50de1 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/cli.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/cli.py
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ class GitlabCLI(object):
         self.mgr_cls._path = self.mgr_cls._path % self.args
         self.mgr = self.mgr_cls(gl)
 
+        types = getattr(self.mgr_cls, '_types', {})
+        if types:
+            for attr_name, type_cls in types.items():
+                if attr_name in self.args.keys():
+                    obj = type_cls()
+                    obj.set_from_cli(self.args[attr_name])
+                    self.args[attr_name] = obj.get()
+
     def __call__(self):
         method = 'do_%s' % self.action
         if hasattr(self, method):