Refactor iosxr_template to network_cli plugin

lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/_iosxr_template.py

@@ -106,14 +106,23 @@ responses:
   type: list
   sample: ['...', '...']
 """
+from ansible.module_utils.local import LocalAnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, dumps
-from ansible.module_utils.iosxr import NetworkModule
+from ansible.module_utils.iosxr import get_config, load_config
+from ansible.module_utils.network import NET_TRANSPORT_ARGS, _transitional_argument_spec
+
+
+def check_args(module):
+    warnings = list()
+    for key in NET_TRANSPORT_ARGS:
+        if module.params[key]:
+            warnings.append(
+                'network provider arguments are no longer supported.  Please '
+                'use connection: network_cli for the task'
+            )
+            break
+    return warnings
 
-def get_config(module):
-    config = module.params['config'] or dict()
-    if not config and not module.params['force']:
-        config = module.config.get_config()
-    return config
 
 def main():
     """ main entry point for module execution
@@ -126,33 +135,37 @@ def main():
         config=dict(),
     )
 
+    # Removed the use of provider arguments in 2.3 due to network_cli
+    # connection plugin.  To be removed in 2.5
+    argument_spec.update(_transitional_argument_spec())
+
     mutually_exclusive = [('config', 'backup'), ('config', 'force')]
 
-    module = NetworkModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+    module = LocalAnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
                            mutually_exclusive=mutually_exclusive,
                            supports_check_mode=True)
 
-    result = dict(changed=False)
+    warnings = check_args(module)
+
+    result = dict(changed=False, warnings=warnings)
 
     candidate = NetworkConfig(contents=module.params['src'], indent=1)
 
-    contents = get_config(module)
-    if contents:
-        config = NetworkConfig(contents=contents, indent=1)
-        result['_backup'] = str(contents)
+    if module.params['backup']:
+        result['__backup__'] = get_config(module)
 
     if not module.params['force']:
-        commands = candidate.difference(config)
+        contents = get_config(module)
+        configobj = NetworkConfig(contents=contents, indent=1)
+        commands = candidate.difference(configobj)
         commands = dumps(commands, 'commands').split('\n')
-        commands = [str(c) for c in commands if c]
+        commands = [str(c).strip() for c in commands if c]
     else:
-        commands = str(candidate).split('\n')
+        commands = [c.strip() for c in str(candidate).split('\n')]
 
     if commands:
-        if not module.check_mode:
-            response = module.config(commands)
-            result['responses'] = response
-        result['changed'] = True
+        load_config(module, commands, not module.check_mode)
+        result['changed'] = not module.check_mode
 
     result['updates'] = commands
     module.exit_json(**result)