XMLElementList: create parent xpath if not exists

It fails if trying to assign an XMLElementList if its parent xpath not exists. This commit will try to create the missing parent xpath. Signed-off-by: Haijiao Zhao <[email protected]>
vipmike007 · Jan 15, 2021 · b181871 · b181871
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diff --git a/virttest/libvirt_xml/accessors.py b/virttest/libvirt_xml/accessors.py
@@ -786,7 +786,12 @@ def __call__(self, value):
             # Allow other classes to generate parent structure
             parent = self.xmltreefile().find(self.parent_xpath)
             if parent is None:
-                raise xcepts.LibvirtXMLNotFoundError
+                # Create parent xpath if not exists
+                self.xmltreefile().create_by_xpath(self.parent_xpath)
+                parent = self.xmltreefile().find(self.parent_xpath)
+                if parent is None:
+                    raise xcepts.LibvirtXMLNotFoundError(
+                        'Parent xpath %s not found.' % self.parent_xpath)
             # Remove existing by calling accessor method, allowing
             # any "untouchable" or "filtered" elements (by marshal)
             # to be ignored and left as-is.