Method: Cisco::Client.create

Defined in:
lib/cisco_node_utils/client/client.rb

.create(environment_name = nil) ⇒ Object

Try to create an instance of an appropriate subclass



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# File 'lib/cisco_node_utils/client/client.rb', line 85

def self.create(environment_name=nil)
  fail 'No client implementations available!' if clients.empty?
  debug "Trying to establish client connection. clients = #{clients}"
  environment = Cisco::Environment.environment(environment_name)
  host = environment[:host]
  errors = []
  clients.each do |client_class|
    begin
      debug "Trying to connect to #{host} as #{client_class}"
      client = client_class.new(**environment)
      debug "#{client_class} connected successfully"
      return client
    rescue Cisco::ClientError, TypeError, ArgumentError => e
      debug "Unable to connect to #{host} as #{client_class}: #{e.message}"
      debug e.backtrace.join("\n  ")
      errors << e
    end
  end
  handle_errors(errors)
end