#1732 NORM Trial-2: datastore doesn't support binary values in the metadata

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#1732: datastore doesn't support binary values in the metadata
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  Reporter:  tomeu      |       Owner:  bcsaller
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  Trial-2 
 Component:  datastore  |     Version:          
Resolution:             |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0          |  
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Changes (by tomeu):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>

Comment:

 If I send a dbus.ByteArray through dbus, I get back this:

 {{{
 dbus.String(u'dbus.Array([dbus.Byte(137), dbus.Byte(80), dbus.Byte(78),
 dbus.Byte(71), dbus.Byte(13), dbus.Byte(10), dbus.Byte(26), dbus.Byte(10),
 dbus.Byte(0), ...], signature=None)', variant_level=1)
 }}}


 So looks like what is being pickled is the string representation of the
 dbus.ByteArray.

 If I add the option byte_arrays=True to the method decorator of update()
 and create() (so the DS side gets a BytesArray that is a descendant of
 str), then I get errors later because the dbus.ByteArray is converted
 internally to str:

 {{{
 TypeError: expected string without null bytes
 }}}

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