python: Add API for accessing available shares.

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diff --git a/source4/scripting/python/samba/shares.py b/source4/scripting/python/samba/shares.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+# Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> 2009
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#   
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#   
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+"""Share management."""
+
+
+# TODO: Rather than accessing Loadparm directly here, we should really 
+# have bindings to the param/shares.c and use those.
+
+
+class SharesContainer(object):
+    """A shares container."""
+
+    def __init__(self, lp):
+        self._lp = lp
+
+    def __getitem__(self, name):
+        if name == "global":
+            # [global] is not a share
+            raise KeyError
+        return Share(self._lp[name])
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        if "global" in self._lp:
+            return len(self._lp)-1
+        return len(self._lp)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self.lp.services()
+
+
+class Share(object):
+    """A file share."""
+
+    def __init__(self, service):
+        self._service = service
+
+    def __getitem__(self, name):
+        return self._service[name]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, name, value):
+        self._service[name] = value