make common properties directly setable, as there must only

be one of them..

sign the identity object w/ the generate key...

prep for generating identities in the cli..

ui/cli.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class MDBase(object):
 	}
 
 	_common_properties = [ 'type', 'created_by_ref' ] # XXX - add lang?
-	_common_optional = [ 'overlay_refs', 'sig' ]
+	_common_optional = set(('overlay_refs', 'sig'))
 	_common_names = set(_common_properties + _generated_properties.keys())
 
 	def __init__(self, obj={}, **kwargs):
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ class MDBase(object):
 
 		obj = copy.deepcopy(self._obj)
 
+		common = self._common_names | self._common_optional
 		for k, v in args:
-			obj.setdefault(k, []).append(v)
+			if k in common:
+				obj[k] = v
+			else:
+				obj.setdefault(k, []).append(v)
 
 		del obj['modified']
 
@@ -175,8 +179,9 @@ class Identity(MDBase):
 	# Identites don't need a created by
 	_common_properties = [ x for x in MDBase._common_properties if x !=
 	    'created_by_ref' ]
-	_common_optional = [ x for x in MDBase._common_optional if x !=
-	    'overlay_refs' ] + [ 'name', 'pubkey' ]
+	_common_optional = set([ x for x in MDBase._common_optional if x !=
+	    'overlay_refs' ] + [ 'name', 'pubkey' ])
+	_common_names = set(_common_properties + MDBase._generated_properties.keys())
 
 def _trytodict(o):
 	if isinstance(o, uuid.UUID):
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ class Persona(object):
 		self._pubkey = None
 
 		if 'pubkey' in self._identity:
-			pubkeybytes = self._identity.pubkey[0]
+			pubkeybytes = self._identity.pubkey
 			self._pubkey = Ed448PublicKey.from_public_bytes(pubkeybytes)
 
 		self._created_by_ref = self._identity.uuid
@@ -253,8 +258,8 @@ class Persona(object):
 		self._pubkey = self._key.public_key()
 		pubkey = self._pubkey.public_bytes(Encoding.Raw,
 		    PublicFormat.Raw)
-		self._identity = self._identity.new_version(('pubkey',
-		    pubkey))
+		self._identity = self.sign(self._identity.new_version(('pubkey',
+		    pubkey)))
 
 	def _makesigbytes(self, obj):
 		obj = dict(obj.items(False))
@@ -552,6 +557,13 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 		# and that the modification is present
 		self.assertEqual(md2['dc:creator'], [ 'Jim Bob' ])
 
+		# that providing a value from common property
+		fvalue = 'fakesig'
+		md3 = md.new_version(('sig', fvalue))
+
+		# gets set directly, and is not a list
+		self.assertEqual(md3.sig, fvalue)
+
 	def test_mdbase_encode_decode(self):
 		# that an object
 		baseobj = {
@@ -661,12 +673,15 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 		# that a key can be generated
 		persona.generate_key()
 
-		# that a second time, it raises an exception
-		self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, persona.generate_key)
-
 		# that the pubkey property is present
 		idobj = persona.get_identity()
-		self.assertIn('pubkey', idobj)
+		self.assertIsInstance(idobj['pubkey'], str)
+
+		# and that there is a signature
+		self.assertIsInstance(idobj['sig'], str)
+
+		# that a second time, it raises an exception
+		self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, persona.generate_key)
 
 		# that a file object created by it
 		testfname = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'test.txt')
@@ -771,8 +786,16 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 
 		# setup object store
 		storefname = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'storefname')
+		identfname = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'identfname')
 		shutil.copy(os.path.join('fixtures', 'sample.data.pasn1'), storefname)
 
+		# setup path mapping
+		def expandusermock(arg):
+			if arg == '~/.medashare_store.pasn1':
+				return storefname
+			elif arg == '~/.medashare_identity.pasn1':
+				return identfname
+
 		# setup test fname
 		testfname = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'test.txt')
 
@@ -780,7 +803,7 @@ class _TestCases(unittest.TestCase):
 		import StringIO
 		import itertools
 
-		with mock.patch('os.path.expanduser', side_effect=itertools.repeat(storefname)) \
+		with mock.patch('os.path.expanduser', side_effect=expandusermock) \
 		    as eu:
 			with nested(mock.patch('sys.stdout',
 			    StringIO.StringIO()), mock.patch('sys.argv',