Load entities from local file

Author: Sebastian Dransfeld

odata/metadata.py

@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ def _create_functions(self, all_types, functions, get_entity_or_prop_from_type):
             else:
                 self.service.functions[function['name']] = function_class()
 
-    def get_entity_sets(self, base=None):
-        document = self.load_document()
+    def get_entity_sets(self, base=None, metadata_file=None):
+        if metadata_file is None:
+            document = self.load_document()
+        else:
+            document = ET.parse(metadata_file)
         schemas, entity_sets, actions, functions = self.parse_document(document)
 
         base_class = base or declarative_base()

odata/service.py

@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ def _write_reflected_types(self, metadata_url: str, package: str):
         outputter = MetadataReflector(metadata_url=metadata_url, entities=self.entities, types=self.types, package=package, quiet=self.quiet_progress)
         outputter.write_reflected_types()
 
+    def load_entities(self, metadata_file):
+        _, self.entities, self.types = self.metadata.get_entity_sets(base=self.Entity, metadata_file=metadata_file)
+
     def create_context(self, auth=None, session=None):
         """
         Create new context to use for session-like usage