From 758a463f30389a280aa8e6a12201b48aba4bcaa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Sanderson <psanderson@netgate.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:53:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Element creator tagging methods

Added class variable to store a creator tag so that the tag can be
applied easily in scopes that do not have access to the service instance.
---
 clixon/element.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/clixon/element.py b/clixon/element.py
index 609ff1e..bdffc28 100644
--- a/clixon/element.py
+++ b/clixon/element.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 
 class Element(object):
+    _creatortag = None
     def __init__(
         self,
         name: Optional[str] = "root",
@@ -466,6 +467,29 @@ def findall(self, name: str) -> list:
 
         return self.get_elements(name=name, recursive=True)
 
+    def set_creator(self,creator: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Set the creator tag to all class instances
+        :creator string: Valid XPath creator tag
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        Element._creatortag = creator
+
+    def tag_creator(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Apply creator tag to Element
+        :return: self
+        :rtype: Element
+        """
+        if Element._creatortag:
+            attribs = self.get_attributes()
+            attribs['cl:creator'] = Element._creatortag
+            self.set_attributes(attribs)
+            return self
+        else:
+            raise("Creator tag not defined")
+
     def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Optional[dict]:
         """
         Return the attributes of the element.