old_contents: ### $Id: register.py 16477 2010-01-05 16:31:37Z thierry $
  ### $URL: https://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/sfa/trunk/sfa/methods/register.py $
  
  from sfa.trust.certificate import Keypair, convert_public_key
  from sfa.trust.gid import *
  from sfa.util.faults import *
  from sfa.util.method import Method
  from sfa.util.parameter import Parameter, Mixed
  from sfa.util.record import SfaRecord
  from sfa.trust.auth import Auth
  from sfa.trust.gid import create_uuid
  from sfa.trust.credential import Credential
  
  class Register(Method):
      """
      Register an object with the registry. In addition to being stored in the
      SFA database, the appropriate records will also be created in the
      PLC databases
      
      @param cred credential string
      @param record_dict dictionary containing record fields
      
      @return gid string representation
      """
  
      interfaces = ['registry']
      
      accepts = [
          Parameter(dict, "Record dictionary containing record fields"),
          Mixed(Parameter(str, "Credential string"),
                Parameter(type([str]), "List of credentials")),
          ]
  
      returns = Parameter(int, "String representation of gid object")
      
      def call(self, record, creds):
          # validate cred    
          valid_creds = self.api.auth.checkCredentials(creds, 'register')
          
          # verify permissions
          hrn = record.get('hrn', '')
          api.auth.verify_object_permission(hrn)
  
          #log the call
          origin_hrn = Credential(string=valid_creds[0]).get_gid_caller().get_hrn()
          self.api.logger.info("interface: %s\tcaller-hrn: %s\ttarget-hrn: %s\tmethod-name: %s"%(self.api.interface, origin_hrn, hrn, self.name))
          
          manager = self.api.get_interface_manager()
  
          return manager.register(self.api, record)
  
new_contents: ### $Id: register.py 16477 2010-01-05 16:31:37Z thierry $
  ### $URL: https://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/sfa/trunk/sfa/methods/register.py $
  
  from sfa.trust.certificate import Keypair, convert_public_key
  from sfa.trust.gid import *
  from sfa.util.faults import *
  from sfa.util.method import Method
  from sfa.util.parameter import Parameter, Mixed
  from sfa.util.record import SfaRecord
  from sfa.trust.auth import Auth
  from sfa.trust.gid import create_uuid
  from sfa.trust.credential import Credential
  
  class Register(Method):
      """
      Register an object with the registry. In addition to being stored in the
      SFA database, the appropriate records will also be created in the
      PLC databases
      
      @param cred credential string
      @param record_dict dictionary containing record fields
      
      @return gid string representation
      """
  
      interfaces = ['registry']
      
      accepts = [
          Parameter(dict, "Record dictionary containing record fields"),
          Mixed(Parameter(str, "Credential string"),
                Parameter(type([str]), "List of credentials")),
          ]
  
      returns = Parameter(int, "String representation of gid object")
      
      def call(self, record, creds):
          # validate cred    
          valid_creds = self.api.auth.checkCredentials(creds, 'register')
          
          # verify permissions
          hrn = record.get('hrn', '')
          self.api.auth.verify_object_permission(hrn)
  
          #log the call
          origin_hrn = Credential(string=valid_creds[0]).get_gid_caller().get_hrn()
          self.api.logger.info("interface: %s\tcaller-hrn: %s\ttarget-hrn: %s\tmethod-name: %s"%(self.api.interface, origin_hrn, hrn, self.name))
          
          manager = self.api.get_interface_manager()
  
          return manager.register(self.api, record)
  
subject: fix NameError