Cleanup: remove unicode prefix, remove explicit inheritance from object (#11015)

* Address UP025: remove unicode literals from strings.

* Address UP004: class inherits from 'object'.

plugins/module_utils/_stormssh.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class StormConfig(SSHConfig):
         self._config.append(host)
 
 
-class ConfigParser(object):
+class ConfigParser:
     """
     Config parser for ~/.ssh/config files.
     """

plugins/module_utils/android_sdkmanager.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class SdkManagerException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class AndroidSdkManager(object):
+class AndroidSdkManager:
     _RE_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_HEADER = re.compile(r'^Installed packages:$')
     _RE_UPDATABLE_PACKAGES_HEADER = re.compile(r'^Available Updates:$')
 

plugins/module_utils/btrfs.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class BtrfsModuleException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class BtrfsCommands(object):
+class BtrfsCommands:
 
     """
     Provides access to a subset of the Btrfs command line
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class BtrfsCommands(object):
         result = self.__module.run_command(command, check_rc=True)
 
 
-class BtrfsInfoProvider(object):
+class BtrfsInfoProvider:
 
     """
     Utility providing details of the currently available btrfs filesystems
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class BtrfsInfoProvider(object):
         raise BtrfsModuleException(f"Failed to find subvolid for mountpoint in options '{mount_options}'")
 
 
-class BtrfsSubvolume(object):
+class BtrfsSubvolume:
 
     """
     Wrapper class providing convenience methods for inspection of a btrfs subvolume
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class BtrfsSubvolume(object):
         return self.__info['parent']
 
 
-class BtrfsFilesystem(object):
+class BtrfsFilesystem:
 
     """
     Wrapper class providing convenience methods for inspection of a btrfs filesystem
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class BtrfsFilesystem(object):
         }
 
 
-class BtrfsFilesystemsProvider(object):
+class BtrfsFilesystemsProvider:
 
     """
     Provides methods to query available btrfs filesystems

plugins/module_utils/cloud.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def _full_jitter_backoff(retries=10, delay=3, max_delay=60, _random=random):
     return backoff_gen
 
 
-class CloudRetry(object):
+class CloudRetry:
     """ CloudRetry can be used by any cloud provider, in order to implement a
         backoff algorithm/retry effect based on Status Code from Exceptions.
     """

plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FormatError(CmdRunnerException):
         return f"Failed to format parameter {self.name} with value {self.value}: {self.exc}"
 
 
-class CmdRunner(object):
+class CmdRunner:
     """
     Wrapper for ``AnsibleModule.run_command()``.
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
     context = __call__
 
 
-class _CmdRunnerContext(object):
+class _CmdRunnerContext:
     def __init__(self, runner, args_order, output_process, check_mode_skip, check_mode_return, **kwargs):
         self.runner = runner
         self.args_order = tuple(args_order)

plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner_fmt.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def _ensure_list(value):
     return list(value) if is_sequence(value) else [value]
 
 
-class _ArgFormat(object):
+class _ArgFormat:
     def __init__(self, func, ignore_none=True, ignore_missing_value=False):
         self.func = func
         self.ignore_none = ignore_none

plugins/module_utils/deps.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 _deps = dict()
 
 
-class _Dependency(object):
+class _Dependency:
     _states = ["pending", "failure", "success"]
 
     def __init__(self, name, reason=None, url=None, msg=None):

plugins/module_utils/dimensiondata.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ except ImportError:
 MCP_2_LOCATION_NAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r".*MCP\s?2.*")
 
 
-class DimensionDataModule(object):
+class DimensionDataModule:
     """
     The base class containing common functionality used by Dimension Data modules for Ansible.
     """

plugins/module_utils/gandi_livedns_api.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
 
 
-class GandiLiveDNSAPI(object):
+class GandiLiveDNSAPI:
 
     api_endpoint = 'https://api.gandi.net/v5/livedns'
     changed = False

plugins/module_utils/homebrew.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def _create_regex_group_complement(s):
     return re.compile(group)
 
 
-class HomebrewValidate(object):
+class HomebrewValidate:
     # class regexes ------------------------------------------------ {{{
     VALID_PATH_CHARS = rf"""
         \w                  # alphanumeric characters (i.e., [a-zA-Z0-9_])

plugins/module_utils/hwc_utils.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def session_method_wrapper(f):
     return _wrap
 
 
-class _ServiceClient(object):
+class _ServiceClient:
     def __init__(self, client, endpoint, product):
         self._client = client
         self._endpoint = endpoint
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class _ServiceClient(object):
         return header
 
 
-class Config(object):
+class Config:
     def __init__(self, module, product):
         self._project_client = None
         self._domain_client = None
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class HwcModule(AnsibleModule):
         super(HwcModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class _DictComparison(object):
+class _DictComparison:
     ''' This class takes in two dictionaries `a` and `b`.
         These are dictionaries of arbitrary depth, but made up of standard
         Python types only.

plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def is_struct_included(struct1, struct2, exclude=None):
         return to_text(struct1, 'utf-8') == to_text(struct2, 'utf-8')
 
 
-class KeycloakAPI(object):
+class KeycloakAPI:
     """ Keycloak API access; Keycloak uses OAuth 2.0 to protect its API, an access token for which
         is obtained through OpenID connect
     """

plugins/module_utils/ipa.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def _env_then_dns_fallback(*args, **kwargs):
             raise AnsibleFallbackNotFound
 
 
-class IPAClient(object):
+class IPAClient:
     def __init__(self, module, host, port, protocol):
         self.host = host
         self.port = port

plugins/module_utils/ldap.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def ldap_required_together():
     return [['client_cert', 'client_key']]
 
 
-class LdapGeneric(object):
+class LdapGeneric:
     def __init__(self, module):
         # Shortcuts
         self.module = module

plugins/module_utils/lxd.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class LXDClientException(Exception):
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
 
-class LXDClient(object):
+class LXDClient:
     def __init__(self, url, key_file=None, cert_file=None, debug=False, server_cert_file=None, server_check_hostname=True):
         """LXD Client.
 

plugins/module_utils/manageiq.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def manageiq_entities():
     }
 
 
-class ManageIQ(object):
+class ManageIQ:
     """
         class encapsulating ManageIQ API client.
     """
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class ManageIQ(object):
             self.module.fail_json(msg=msg)
 
 
-class ManageIQPolicies(object):
+class ManageIQPolicies:
     """
         Object to execute policies management operations of manageiq resources.
     """
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class ManageIQPolicies(object):
             msg=f"Successfully {action}ed profiles: {profiles}")
 
 
-class ManageIQTags(object):
+class ManageIQTags:
     """
         Object to execute tags management operations of manageiq resources.
     """

plugins/module_utils/memset.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import json
 import urllib.error as urllib_error
 
 
-class Response(object):
+class Response:
     '''
     Create a response object to mimic that of requests.
     '''

plugins/module_utils/mh/base.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions im
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.deco import module_fails_on_exception
 
 
-class ModuleHelperBase(object):
+class ModuleHelperBase:
     module: dict[str, t.Any] | None = None  # TODO: better spec using t.TypedDict
     ModuleHelperException = _MHE
     _delegated_to_module: tuple[str, ...] = (

plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/deprecate_attrs.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 
-class DeprecateAttrsMixin(object):
+class DeprecateAttrsMixin:
 
     def _deprecate_setup(self, attr, target, module):
         if target is None:

plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/state.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 
-class StateMixin(object):
+class StateMixin:
     state_param: str = 'state'
     default_state: str | None = None
 

plugins/module_utils/ocapi_utils.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DELETE_HEADERS = {'accept': 'application/json'}
 HEALTH_OK = 5
 
 
-class OcapiUtils(object):
+class OcapiUtils:
 
     def __init__(self, creds, base_uri, proxy_slot_number, timeout, module):
         self.root_uri = base_uri

plugins/module_utils/onepassword.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 
 
-class OnePasswordConfig(object):
+class OnePasswordConfig:
     _config_file_paths = (
         "~/.op/config",
         "~/.config/op/config",

plugins/module_utils/oneview.py

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class OneViewModuleResourceNotFound(OneViewModuleException):
     pass
 
 
-class OneViewModuleBase(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
+class OneViewModuleBase(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     MSG_CREATED = 'Resource created successfully.'
     MSG_UPDATED = 'Resource updated successfully.'
     MSG_DELETED = 'Resource deleted successfully.'

plugins/module_utils/online.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class OnlineException(Exception):
         self.message = message
 
 
-class Response(object):
+class Response:
 
     def __init__(self, resp, info):
         self.body = None
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Response(object):
         return self.status_code in (200, 201, 202, 204)
 
 
-class Online(object):
+class Online:
 
     def __init__(self, module):
         self.module = module

plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ REDFISH_COMMON_ARGUMENT_SPEC = {
 }
 
 
-class RedfishUtils(object):
+class RedfishUtils:
 
     def __init__(self, creds, root_uri, timeout, module, resource_id=None,
                  data_modification=False, strip_etag_quotes=False, ciphers=None):

plugins/module_utils/redis.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def redis_auth_params(module):
     return params
 
 
-class RedisAnsible(object):
+class RedisAnsible:
     '''Base class for Redis module'''
 
     def __init__(self, module):

plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def filter_sensitive_attributes(container, attributes):
     return container
 
 
-class SecretVariables(object):
+class SecretVariables:
     @staticmethod
     def ensure_scaleway_secret_package(module):
         if not HAS_SCALEWAY_SECRET_PACKAGE:
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def resource_attributes_should_be_changed(target, wished, verifiable_mutable_att
         return diff
 
 
-class Response(object):
+class Response:
 
     def __init__(self, resp, info):
         self.body = None
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Response(object):
         return self.status_code in (200, 201, 202, 204)
 
 
-class Scaleway(object):
+class Scaleway:
 
     def __init__(self, module):
         self.module = module

plugins/module_utils/vardict.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import copy
 
 
-class _Variable(object):
+class _Variable:
     NOTHING = object()
 
     def __init__(self, diff=False, output=True, change=None, fact=False, verbosity=0):
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class _Variable(object):
         )
 
 
-class VarDict(object):
+class VarDict:
     reserved_names = ('__vars__', '_var', 'var', 'set_meta', 'get_meta', 'set', 'output', 'diff', 'facts', 'has_changed', 'as_dict')
 
     def __init__(self):

plugins/module_utils/xenserver.py

@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ def get_xenserver_version(module):
     return xenserver_version
 
 
-class XAPI(object):
+class XAPI:
     """Class for XAPI session management."""
     _xapi_session = None
 
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ class XAPI(object):
         return cls._xapi_session
 
 
-class XenServerObject(object):
+class XenServerObject:
     """Base class for all XenServer objects.
 
     This class contains active XAPI session reference and common