[gen] When duplicating a file via appy.fields.file::FileInfo.replicateFile, the source file can be binary data in a str instead of an opened file handler.

fields/file.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import time, os.path, mimetypes, shutil
+from cStringIO import StringIO
 from appy import Object
 from appy.fields import Field
 from appy.px import Px
@@ -123,8 +124,10 @@ class FileInfo:
 
     def replicateFile(self, src, dest):
         '''p_src and p_dest are open file handlers. This method copies content
-           of p_src to p_dest and returns the file size.'''
+           of p_src to p_dest and returns the file size. Note that p_src can
+           also be binary data in a string.'''
         size = 0
+        if isinstance(src, str): src = StringIO(src)
         while True:
             chunk = src.read(self.BYTES)
             if not chunk: break

gen/mixins/ToolMixin.py

@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ class ToolMixin(BaseMixin):
             user = tool.user
         else:
             user = tool.search1('User', noSecurity=True, login=login)
+            if not user: return login
         return user.getTitle(normalized=normalized)
 
     def tempFile(self):

shared/xml_parser.py

@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class XmlParser(ContentHandler, ErrorHandler):
             from cStringIO import StringIO
         except ImportError:
             from StringIO import StringIO
+        self._xml = xml
         self.parser.setContentHandler(self)
         self.parser.setErrorHandler(self)
         self.parser.setFeature(feature_external_ges, False)