add the named service to the object, this also adds all the services depended upon by the named service.

Delete the named service. This will also delete all services which depend on it, either directly or indirectly

Run service through the delta engine to find out what changes would actually be applied to this object

Tests whether the named service is satisfied by the current entry. A service is satisfied if no changes would result from adding it to the entry.

Return a list of all the named services which are satisfied by the current entry.

add the named attribute to the list of attributes to be generated

Delete the named attribute from the list of attributes to generate

Run the generation functions on the list of attributes to be generated, saving the results in the entry. You must run this method in order to run any generators at all.

Missing attributes may be marked for generation.

If a missing attribute is marked for generation its value will be "generate" instead of "required"

• deprecated

  Missing required attributes which will be generated are shown as "attrname: generate" instead of "attrname: required"