From c2f92fdc4bcc9c440a97503f94090a748ef6c30a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: guerler <aysam.guerler@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:29:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Restore dict helper, some toolshed elements use the new
 client but the toolshed backend

---
 lib/tool_shed/util/form_util.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/util/form_util.py b/lib/tool_shed/util/form_util.py
index 792ebdcba92..8bd4564a866 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/util/form_util.py
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/util/form_util.py
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ class BaseField(object):
         else:
             return ''
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {
+            'name'      : self.name,
+            'label'     : self.label,
+            'disabled'  : self.disabled,
+            'optional'  : self.optional,
+            'value'     : self.value,
+            'help'      : self.help
+        }
 
 class CheckboxField(BaseField):
     """
@@ -84,6 +93,11 @@ class CheckboxField(BaseField):
         else:
             self.checked = value
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        d = super(CheckboxField, self).to_dict()
+        d['type'] = 'boolean'
+        return d
+
 
 class SelectField(BaseField):
     """
@@ -269,6 +283,16 @@ class SelectField(BaseField):
             return selected_options
         return None
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        d = super(SelectField, self).to_dict()
+        d['type'] = 'select'
+        d['display'] = self.display
+        d['multiple'] = self.multiple
+        d['data'] = []
+        for value in self.selectlist:
+            d['data'].append({'label': value, 'value': value})
+        return d
+
 
 def get_suite():
     """Get unittest suite for this module"""