Create the settings dbus object.

Host settings are specified in a yaml file.
Parser converts the yaml file into a dictionary.
The settings manager runs on the BMC and uses the dictionary to
create the dbus properties and save the values in the BMC so that
the values persist.
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+#!/usr/bin/python -u
+
+import gobject
+import dbus
+import dbus.service
+import dbus.mainloop.glib
+import Openbmc
+import settings_file as s
+
+DBUS_NAME = 'org.openbmc.settings.Host'
+OBJ_NAME = '/org/openbmc/settings/host0'
+CONTROL_INTF = 'org.openbmc.Settings'
+
+# TODO Save settings in tmp until persistant storage is available
+# Path where the settings are stored in the BMC
+SETTINGS_PATH = '/tmp/'
+
+class HostSettingsObject(Openbmc.DbusProperties):
+    def __init__(self,bus,name):
+        Openbmc.DbusProperties.__init__(self)
+        dbus.service.Object.__init__(self,bus,name)
+
+        # Listen to changes in the property values and sync them to the BMC
+        bus.add_signal_receiver(self.settings_signal_handler,
+            dbus_interface = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties",
+            signal_name = "PropertiesChanged",
+            path = "/org/openbmc/settings/host0")
+
+        # Create the dbus properties
+        for i in s.SETTINGS['host'].iterkeys():
+            self.sname = s.SETTINGS['host'][i]['name']
+            self.stype = s.SETTINGS['host'][i]['type']
+            self.svalue = s.SETTINGS['host'][i]['default']
+            self.bmcvalue = self.svalue # Default BMC value to file value
+            self.set_settings_property()
+
+    # Check if the requested value is the same as the current one in the BMC
+    def check_settings_need_update(self):
+        filepath = SETTINGS_PATH + self.sname
+        update = True
+        try:
+            with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
+                self.bmcvalue = f.read() # Upate BMC value with value on system
+                if self.bmcvalue == self.svalue:
+                    update = False
+        except (IOError):
+            pass
+        return update
+
+    # Create dbus properties based on bmc value. This will be either a value
+    # previously set, or the default file value if the BMC value does not exist.
+    def set_settings_property(self):
+        update = self.check_settings_need_update()
+        if update == True:
+            self.svalue = self.bmcvalue # Update svalue with the value that will be used 
+            if self.stype=="i":
+                self.Set(DBUS_NAME,self.sname,self.svalue)
+            elif self.stype=="s":
+                self.Set(DBUS_NAME,self.sname,str(self.svalue))
+
+    # Save the settings to the BMC. This will write the settings value in
+    # individual files named by the property name to the BMC.
+    def set_system_settings(self):
+        update = self.check_settings_need_update()
+        if update == True:
+            filepath = SETTINGS_PATH + self.sname
+            with open(filepath, 'w') as f:
+                f.write(str(self.svalue))
+
+    # Signal handler for when one ore more settings properties were updated.
+    # This will sync the changes to the BMC.
+    def settings_signal_handler(self, interface_name, changed_properties, invalidated_properties):
+        data = changed_properties                                           
+        for i in data:                                                      
+            self.sname = i
+            self.svalue = data[i]
+            self.set_system_settings()
+
+    # Placeholder signal. Needed to register the settings interface.
+    @dbus.service.signal(DBUS_NAME,signature='s')
+    def SettingsUpdated(self,sname):
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
+
+    bus = Openbmc.getDBus()
+    name = dbus.service.BusName(DBUS_NAME, bus)
+    obj = HostSettingsObject(bus, OBJ_NAME)
+    mainloop = gobject.MainLoop()
+
+    print "Running HostSettingsService"
+    mainloop.run()
+