def clean_semver(cls, version_spec):
        return re.sub(r"([<>=~])\s+?v?", "\\1", version_spec, re.IGNORECASE)
def encode(self):
        return {"rx_sw_if_index": self._rx_index,
                "tx_sw_if_index": self._tx_index, "nh": self._nh_addr}