return backend status in sliceplus object
diff --git a/planetstack/core/xoslib/methods/plus.py b/planetstack/core/xoslib/methods/plus.py
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+++ b/planetstack/core/xoslib/methods/plus.py
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+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+""" PlusSerializerMixin
+
+ Implements Serializer fields that are common to all OpenCloud objects. For
+ example, stuff related to backend fields.
+"""
+
+class PlusSerializerMixin():
+ backendIcon = serializers.SerializerMethodField("getBackendIcon")
+ backendHtml = serializers.SerializerMethodField("getBackendHtml")
+
+ # This will cause a descendant class to pull in the methods defined
+ # above. See rest_framework/serializers.py: _get_declared_fields().
+ base_fields = {"backendIcon": backendIcon, "backendHtml": backendHtml}
+
+ def getBackendIcon(self, obj):
+ return obj.getBackendIcon()
+
+ def getBackendHtml(self, obj):
+ return obj.getBackendHtml()
+