wip: build ldap and message processing

messagetools.py

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+class UnsupportedStruct(Exception):
+
+    def __init__(self, struct):
+
+        self.message = "{} is invalid struct and not a message".format(str(struct))
+        super().__init__(self.message)
+
+def make_icinga_message(struct):
+    pass
+
+def make_generic_message(struct):
+    pass
+
+def load_struct(struct):
+    
+    if type(struct) == str:
+        return struct
+    elif not struct.get("type"):
+        raise UnsupportedStruct(struct)
+
+    if struct.get("type") == "icinga":
+        return make_icinga_message(struct)
+    elif struct.get("type") == "generic":
+        return make_generic_message(struct)
+    else:
+        raise UnsupportedStruct(struct)