[Plugin] Allow for manual collections during collect phase

Historically, sos has limited collections to existing files and command
output. While there have been many reasons for this, there have also
been several exceptions made to current plugins as well as ongoing
requests for data that is not currently provided via existing commands.
As sos evolves, it should in turn be more capable to provide diagnostic
data beyond what is strictly available via command outputs.

As such, add a new step to the collection phase that allows plugins to
perform these manual data collections. Plugins may now define their own
`collect()` method to do so, thus moving the existing exceptions out of
`setup()` phase execution.

To aide in writing these collections to the plugin directory, a new
`collection_file()` generator has been added which will handle creating,
managing, and closing the new file so that plugins only need to be
concerned with the content being written to such files.

Plugin contributors should note that these manual collections are
executed at the end of the collection phase - meaning they are more
likely to be skipped or interrupted due to plugin timeouts.

Closes: #2992

Signed-off-by: Jake Hunsaker <jhunsake@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/string_collection_tests.py b/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/collet_manual_tests.py
index 05091a2e..fdcda526 100644
--- a/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/string_collection_tests.py
+++ b/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/collet_manual_tests.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 from sos_tests import StageOneReportTest
 
 
-class CollectStringTest(StageOneReportTest):
-    """Test to ensure that add_string_as_file() is working for plugins that
+class CollectManualTest(StageOneReportTest):
+    """Test to ensure that collect() is working for plugins that
     directly call it as part of their collections
 
     :avocado: tags=stageone
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class CollectStringTest(StageOneReportTest):
     def test_no_strings_dir(self):
         self.assertFileNotCollected('sos_strings/')
 
-    def test_manifest_strings_correct(self):
+    def test_manifest_collections_correct(self):
         pkgman = self.get_plugin_manifest('unpackaged')
-        self.assertTrue(pkgman['strings']['unpackaged'])
+        self.assertTrue(pkgman['collections']['unpackaged'])
         pyman = self.get_plugin_manifest('python')
-        self.assertTrue(pyman['strings']['digests_json'])
+        self.assertTrue(pyman['collections']['digests'])