[MultiDB] add new API to get instance name from db name (sonic-net#90)

* [MultiDB] add new API to get instance name from db name * [MultiDB] reuse get_instancename in get_instance
SuvarnaMeenakshi · Oct 28, 2020 · 748c404 · 748c404
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diff --git a/src/swsssdk/dbconnector.py b/src/swsssdk/dbconnector.py
@@ -170,13 +170,19 @@ def get_ns_list():
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instance(db_name, namespace=None):
+        namespace = SonicDBConfig.EMPTY_NAMESPACE(namespace)
+        inst_name = SonicDBConfig.get_instancename(db_name, namespace)
+        return SonicDBConfig._sonic_db_config[namespace]["INSTANCES"][inst_name]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_instancename(db_name, namespace=None):
         namespace = SonicDBConfig.EMPTY_NAMESPACE(namespace)
         if not SonicDBConfig._sonic_db_config_init:
             SonicDBConfig.load_sonic_db_config()
         SonicDBConfig.db_name_validation(db_name, namespace)
         inst_name = SonicDBConfig._sonic_db_config[namespace]["DATABASES"][db_name]["instance"]
         SonicDBConfig.inst_name_validation(inst_name, namespace)
-        return SonicDBConfig._sonic_db_config[namespace]["INSTANCES"][inst_name]
+        return inst_name
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instancelist(namespace=None):