def __missing__(self, key):
        if self.default_factory is None:
            raise KeyError(key)
        else:
            ret = self[key] = self.default_factory(name=key)
            return ret
def setLDAPDirectory(self, directory=None):
        if directory is None:
                self.directory = []
        else:
            try:
                with open(DIRECTORY, 'w+') as f:
                    f.write(str(directory))
                    self.directory = directory
            except OSError as e:
                raise