papi:  add support for enumflag part 1 of 2

Allow for papi to accept the new enumflag type.

Change-Id: I8d8dc8fdb122e9a1b1881f5b2558635c75e4a299
Type: feature
Signed-off-by: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@vinciconsulting.com>
(cherry picked from commit 299abebe2942b4c78b85f9f3b8843f8213bf1efe)
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index e22b88b..b4d4686 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import atexit
 import time
 from . vpp_format import verify_enum_hint
-from . vpp_serializer import VPPType, VPPEnumType, VPPUnionType
+from . vpp_serializer import VPPType, VPPEnumType, VPPEnumFlagType, VPPUnionType
 from . vpp_serializer import VPPMessage, vpp_get_type, VPPTypeAlias
 
 try:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
 __all__ = ('FuncWrapper', 'VPP', 'VppApiDynamicMethodHolder',
-           'VppEnum', 'VppEnumType',
+           'VppEnum', 'VppEnumType', 'VppEnumFlag',
            'VPPIOError', 'VPPRuntimeError', 'VPPValueError',
            'VPPApiClient', )
 
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
     pass
 
 
+@metaclass(VppEnumType)
+class VppEnumFlag:
+    pass
+
+
 def vpp_atexit(vpp_weakref):
     """Clean up VPP connection on shutdown."""
     vpp_instance = vpp_weakref()
@@ -80,8 +85,6 @@
         vpp_instance.disconnect()
 
 
-
-
 def add_convenience_methods():
     # provide convenience methods to IP[46]Address.vapi_af
     def _vapi_af(self):
@@ -281,7 +284,12 @@
                 types[t[0]] = {'type': 'enum', 'data': t}
         except KeyError:
             pass
-
+        try:
+            for t in api['enumflags']:
+                t[0] = 'vl_api_' + t[0] + '_t'
+                types[t[0]] = {'type': 'enum', 'data': t}
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
         try:
             for t in api['unions']:
                 t[0] = 'vl_api_' + t[0] + '_t'
@@ -318,6 +326,12 @@
                             VPPEnumType(t[0], t[1:])
                         except ValueError:
                             unresolved[k] = v
+                if not vpp_get_type(k):
+                    if v['type'] == 'enumflag':
+                        try:
+                            VPPEnumFlagType(t[0], t[1:])
+                        except ValueError:
+                            unresolved[k] = v
                     elif v['type'] == 'union':
                         try:
                             VPPUnionType(t[0], t[1:])