make labels, fields expose selectable requirements

2016-08-15 15:36:37 -07:00
parent 9030a3234f
commit 1871a22039
8 changed files with 259 additions and 165 deletions
--- a/pkg/api/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helpers.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"

@@ -383,20 +384,20 @@ func NodeSelectorRequirementsAsSelector(nsm []NodeSelectorRequirement) (labels.S
 	}
 	selector := labels.NewSelector()
 	for _, expr := range nsm {
-		var op labels.Operator
+		var op selection.Operator
 		switch expr.Operator {
 		case NodeSelectorOpIn:
-			op = labels.InOperator
+			op = selection.In
 		case NodeSelectorOpNotIn:
-			op = labels.NotInOperator
+			op = selection.NotIn
 		case NodeSelectorOpExists:
-			op = labels.ExistsOperator
+			op = selection.Exists
 		case NodeSelectorOpDoesNotExist:
-			op = labels.DoesNotExistOperator
+			op = selection.DoesNotExist
 		case NodeSelectorOpGt:
-			op = labels.GreaterThanOperator
+			op = selection.GreaterThan
 		case NodeSelectorOpLt:
-			op = labels.LessThanOperator
+			op = selection.LessThan
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid node selector operator", expr.Operator)
 		}
--- a/pkg/api/unversioned/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/unversioned/helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"

 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )

@@ -35,23 +36,23 @@ func LabelSelectorAsSelector(ps *LabelSelector) (labels.Selector, error) {
 	}
 	selector := labels.NewSelector()
 	for k, v := range ps.MatchLabels {
-		r, err := labels.NewRequirement(k, labels.EqualsOperator, sets.NewString(v))
+		r, err := labels.NewRequirement(k, selection.Equals, sets.NewString(v))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		selector = selector.Add(*r)
 	}
 	for _, expr := range ps.MatchExpressions {
-		var op labels.Operator
+		var op selection.Operator
 		switch expr.Operator {
 		case LabelSelectorOpIn:
-			op = labels.InOperator
+			op = selection.In
 		case LabelSelectorOpNotIn:
-			op = labels.NotInOperator
+			op = selection.NotIn
 		case LabelSelectorOpExists:
-			op = labels.ExistsOperator
+			op = selection.Exists
 		case LabelSelectorOpDoesNotExist:
-			op = labels.DoesNotExistOperator
+			op = selection.DoesNotExist
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid pod selector operator", expr.Operator)
 		}
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func ParseToLabelSelector(selector string) (*LabelSelector, error) {
 	for _, req := range reqs {
 		var op LabelSelectorOperator
 		switch req.Operator() {
-		case labels.EqualsOperator, labels.DoubleEqualsOperator:
+		case selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals:
 			vals := req.Values()
 			if vals.Len() != 1 {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("equals operator must have exactly one value")
@@ -119,15 +120,15 @@ func ParseToLabelSelector(selector string) (*LabelSelector, error) {
 			}
 			labelSelector.MatchLabels[req.Key()] = val
 			continue
-		case labels.InOperator:
+		case selection.In:
 			op = LabelSelectorOpIn
-		case labels.NotInOperator:
+		case selection.NotIn:
 			op = LabelSelectorOpNotIn
-		case labels.ExistsOperator:
+		case selection.Exists:
 			op = LabelSelectorOpExists
-		case labels.DoesNotExistOperator:
+		case selection.DoesNotExist:
 			op = LabelSelectorOpDoesNotExist
-		case labels.GreaterThanOperator, labels.LessThanOperator:
+		case selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
 			// Adding a separate case for these operators to indicate that this is deliberate
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q isn't supported in label selectors", req.Operator())
 		default:
--- a/pkg/fields/requirements.go
+++ b/pkg/fields/requirements.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package fields
+
+import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
+
+// Requirements is AND of all requirements.
+type Requirements []Requirement
+
+// Requirement contains a field, a value, and an operator that relates the field and value.
+// This is currently for reading internal selection information of field selector.
+type Requirement struct {
+	Operator selection.Operator
+	Field    string
+	Value    string
+}
--- a/pkg/fields/selector.go
+++ b/pkg/fields/selector.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 )

 // Selector represents a field selector.
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ type Selector interface {
 	// applied to the entire selector, or an error if fn returns an error.
 	Transform(fn TransformFunc) (Selector, error)

+	// Requirements converts this interface to Requirements to expose
+	// more detailed selection information.
+	Requirements() Requirements
+
 	// String returns a human readable string that represents this selector.
 	String() string
 }
@@ -75,6 +81,14 @@ func (t *hasTerm) Transform(fn TransformFunc) (Selector, error) {
 	return &hasTerm{field, value}, nil
 }

+func (t *hasTerm) Requirements() Requirements {
+	return []Requirement{{
+		Field:    t.field,
+		Operator: selection.Equals,
+		Value:    t.value,
+	}}
+}
+
 func (t *hasTerm) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v=%v", t.field, t.value)
 }
@@ -103,6 +117,14 @@ func (t *notHasTerm) Transform(fn TransformFunc) (Selector, error) {
 	return &notHasTerm{field, value}, nil
 }

+func (t *notHasTerm) Requirements() Requirements {
+	return []Requirement{{
+		Field:    t.field,
+		Operator: selection.NotEquals,
+		Value:    t.value,
+	}}
+}
+
 func (t *notHasTerm) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v!=%v", t.field, t.value)
 }
@@ -157,6 +179,15 @@ func (t andTerm) Transform(fn TransformFunc) (Selector, error) {
 	return andTerm(next), nil
 }

+func (t andTerm) Requirements() Requirements {
+	reqs := make([]Requirement, 0, len(t))
+	for _, s := range []Selector(t) {
+		rs := s.Requirements()
+		reqs = append(reqs, rs...)
+	}
+	return reqs
+}
+
 func (t andTerm) String() string {
 	var terms []string
 	for _, q := range t {
--- a/pkg/labels/selector.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/selector.go
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/validation"
 )

+// Requirements is AND of all requirements.
+type Requirements []Requirement
+
 // Selector represents a label selector.
 type Selector interface {
 	// Matches returns true if this selector matches the given set of labels.
@@ -41,6 +45,12 @@ type Selector interface {

 	// Add adds requirements to the Selector
 	Add(r ...Requirement) Selector
+
+	// Requirements converts this interface into Requirements to expose
+	// more detailed selection information.
+	// If there are querying parameters, it will return converted requirements and selectable=true.
+	// If this selector doesn't want to select anything, it will return selectable=false.
+	Requirements() (requirements Requirements, selectable bool)
 }

 // Everything returns a selector that matches all labels.
@@ -54,28 +64,13 @@ func (n nothingSelector) Matches(_ Labels) bool         { return false }
 func (n nothingSelector) Empty() bool                        { return false }
 func (n nothingSelector) String() string                     { return "<null>" }
 func (n nothingSelector) Add(_ ...Requirement) Selector      { return n }
+func (n nothingSelector) Requirements() (Requirements, bool) { return nil, false }

 // Nothing returns a selector that matches no labels
 func Nothing() Selector {
 	return nothingSelector{}
 }

-// Operator represents a key's relationship
-// to a set of values in a Requirement.
-type Operator string
-
-const (
-	DoesNotExistOperator Operator = "!"
-	EqualsOperator       Operator = "="
-	DoubleEqualsOperator Operator = "=="
-	InOperator           Operator = "in"
-	NotEqualsOperator    Operator = "!="
-	NotInOperator        Operator = "notin"
-	ExistsOperator       Operator = "exists"
-	GreaterThanOperator  Operator = "gt"
-	LessThanOperator     Operator = "lt"
-)
-
 func NewSelector() Selector {
 	return internalSelector(nil)
 }
@@ -91,14 +86,13 @@ func (a ByKey) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }

 func (a ByKey) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].key < a[j].key }

-// Requirement is a selector that contains values, a key
-// and an operator that relates the key and values. The zero
-// value of Requirement is invalid.
+// Requirement contains values, a key, and an operator that relates the key and values.
+// The zero value of Requirement is invalid.
 // Requirement implements both set based match and exact match
-// Requirement is initialized via NewRequirement constructor for creating a valid Requirement.
+// Requirement should be initialized via NewRequirement constructor for creating a valid Requirement.
 type Requirement struct {
 	key       string
-	operator  Operator
+	operator  selection.Operator
 	strValues sets.String
 }

@@ -113,24 +107,24 @@ type Requirement struct {
 //     of characters. See validateLabelKey for more details.
 //
 // The empty string is a valid value in the input values set.
-func NewRequirement(key string, op Operator, vals sets.String) (*Requirement, error) {
+func NewRequirement(key string, op selection.Operator, vals sets.String) (*Requirement, error) {
 	if err := validateLabelKey(key); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	switch op {
-	case InOperator, NotInOperator:
+	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
 		if len(vals) == 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("for 'in', 'notin' operators, values set can't be empty")
 		}
-	case EqualsOperator, DoubleEqualsOperator, NotEqualsOperator:
+	case selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals, selection.NotEquals:
 		if len(vals) != 1 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("exact-match compatibility requires one single value")
 		}
-	case ExistsOperator, DoesNotExistOperator:
+	case selection.Exists, selection.DoesNotExist:
 		if len(vals) != 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("values set must be empty for exists and does not exist")
 		}
-	case GreaterThanOperator, LessThanOperator:
+	case selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
 		if len(vals) != 1 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, exactly one value is required")
 		}
@@ -164,21 +158,21 @@ func NewRequirement(key string, op Operator, vals sets.String) (*Requirement, er
 //     the Requirement's key and the corresponding value satisfies mathematical inequality.
 func (r *Requirement) Matches(ls Labels) bool {
 	switch r.operator {
-	case InOperator, EqualsOperator, DoubleEqualsOperator:
+	case selection.In, selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals:
 		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
 			return false
 		}
 		return r.strValues.Has(ls.Get(r.key))
-	case NotInOperator, NotEqualsOperator:
+	case selection.NotIn, selection.NotEquals:
 		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
 			return true
 		}
 		return !r.strValues.Has(ls.Get(r.key))
-	case ExistsOperator:
+	case selection.Exists:
 		return ls.Has(r.key)
-	case DoesNotExistOperator:
+	case selection.DoesNotExist:
 		return !ls.Has(r.key)
-	case GreaterThanOperator, LessThanOperator:
+	case selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
 		if !ls.Has(r.key) {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -202,7 +196,7 @@ func (r *Requirement) Matches(ls Labels) bool {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
-		return (r.operator == GreaterThanOperator && lsValue > rValue) || (r.operator == LessThanOperator && lsValue < rValue)
+		return (r.operator == selection.GreaterThan && lsValue > rValue) || (r.operator == selection.LessThan && lsValue < rValue)
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
@@ -211,7 +205,7 @@ func (r *Requirement) Matches(ls Labels) bool {
 func (r *Requirement) Key() string {
 	return r.key
 }
-func (r *Requirement) Operator() Operator {
+func (r *Requirement) Operator() selection.Operator {
 	return r.operator
 }
 func (r *Requirement) Values() sets.String {
@@ -235,32 +229,32 @@ func (lsel internalSelector) Empty() bool {
 // returned. See NewRequirement for creating a valid Requirement.
 func (r *Requirement) String() string {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
-	if r.operator == DoesNotExistOperator {
+	if r.operator == selection.DoesNotExist {
 		buffer.WriteString("!")
 	}
 	buffer.WriteString(r.key)

 	switch r.operator {
-	case EqualsOperator:
+	case selection.Equals:
 		buffer.WriteString("=")
-	case DoubleEqualsOperator:
+	case selection.DoubleEquals:
 		buffer.WriteString("==")
-	case NotEqualsOperator:
+	case selection.NotEquals:
 		buffer.WriteString("!=")
-	case InOperator:
+	case selection.In:
 		buffer.WriteString(" in ")
-	case NotInOperator:
+	case selection.NotIn:
 		buffer.WriteString(" notin ")
-	case GreaterThanOperator:
+	case selection.GreaterThan:
 		buffer.WriteString(">")
-	case LessThanOperator:
+	case selection.LessThan:
 		buffer.WriteString("<")
-	case ExistsOperator, DoesNotExistOperator:
+	case selection.Exists, selection.DoesNotExist:
 		return buffer.String()
 	}

 	switch r.operator {
-	case InOperator, NotInOperator:
+	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
 		buffer.WriteString("(")
 	}
 	if len(r.strValues) == 1 {
@@ -270,7 +264,7 @@ func (r *Requirement) String() string {
 	}

 	switch r.operator {
-	case InOperator, NotInOperator:
+	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
 		buffer.WriteString(")")
 	}
 	return buffer.String()
@@ -301,6 +295,8 @@ func (lsel internalSelector) Matches(l Labels) bool {
 	return true
 }

+func (lsel internalSelector) Requirements() (Requirements, bool) { return Requirements(lsel), true }
+
 // String returns a comma-separated string of all
 // the internalSelector Requirements' human-readable strings.
 func (lsel internalSelector) String() string {
@@ -564,7 +560,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseRequirement() (*Requirement, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if operator == ExistsOperator || operator == DoesNotExistOperator { // operator found lookahead set checked
+	if operator == selection.Exists || operator == selection.DoesNotExist { // operator found lookahead set checked
 		return NewRequirement(key, operator, nil)
 	}
 	operator, err = p.parseOperator()
@@ -573,9 +569,9 @@ func (p *Parser) parseRequirement() (*Requirement, error) {
 	}
 	var values sets.String
 	switch operator {
-	case InOperator, NotInOperator:
+	case selection.In, selection.NotIn:
 		values, err = p.parseValues()
-	case EqualsOperator, DoubleEqualsOperator, NotEqualsOperator, GreaterThanOperator, LessThanOperator:
+	case selection.Equals, selection.DoubleEquals, selection.NotEquals, selection.GreaterThan, selection.LessThan:
 		values, err = p.parseExactValue()
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -588,11 +584,11 @@ func (p *Parser) parseRequirement() (*Requirement, error) {
 // parseKeyAndInferOperator parse literals.
 // in case of no operator '!, in, notin, ==, =, !=' are found
 // the 'exists' operator is inferred
-func (p *Parser) parseKeyAndInferOperator() (string, Operator, error) {
-	var operator Operator
+func (p *Parser) parseKeyAndInferOperator() (string, selection.Operator, error) {
+	var operator selection.Operator
 	tok, literal := p.consume(Values)
 	if tok == DoesNotExistToken {
-		operator = DoesNotExistOperator
+		operator = selection.DoesNotExist
 		tok, literal = p.consume(Values)
 	}
 	if tok != IdentifierToken {
@@ -603,8 +599,8 @@ func (p *Parser) parseKeyAndInferOperator() (string, Operator, error) {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
 	if t, _ := p.lookahead(Values); t == EndOfStringToken || t == CommaToken {
-		if operator != DoesNotExistOperator {
-			operator = ExistsOperator
+		if operator != selection.DoesNotExist {
+			operator = selection.Exists
 		}
 	}
 	return literal, operator, nil
@@ -612,24 +608,24 @@ func (p *Parser) parseKeyAndInferOperator() (string, Operator, error) {

 // parseOperator return operator and eventually matchType
 // matchType can be exact
-func (p *Parser) parseOperator() (op Operator, err error) {
+func (p *Parser) parseOperator() (op selection.Operator, err error) {
 	tok, lit := p.consume(KeyAndOperator)
 	switch tok {
 	// DoesNotExistToken shouldn't be here because it's a unary operator, not a binary operator
 	case InToken:
-		op = InOperator
+		op = selection.In
 	case EqualsToken:
-		op = EqualsOperator
+		op = selection.Equals
 	case DoubleEqualsToken:
-		op = DoubleEqualsOperator
+		op = selection.DoubleEquals
 	case GreaterThanToken:
-		op = GreaterThanOperator
+		op = selection.GreaterThan
 	case LessThanToken:
-		op = LessThanOperator
+		op = selection.LessThan
 	case NotInToken:
-		op = NotInOperator
+		op = selection.NotIn
 	case NotEqualsToken:
-		op = NotEqualsOperator
+		op = selection.NotEquals
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("found '%s', expected: '=', '!=', '==', 'in', notin'", lit)
 	}
@@ -788,7 +784,7 @@ func SelectorFromSet(ls Set) Selector {
 	}
 	var requirements internalSelector
 	for label, value := range ls {
-		if r, err := NewRequirement(label, EqualsOperator, sets.NewString(value)); err != nil {
+		if r, err := NewRequirement(label, selection.Equals, sets.NewString(value)); err != nil {
 			//TODO: double check errors when input comes from serialization?
 			return internalSelector{}
 		} else {
--- a/pkg/labels/selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/selector_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )

@@ -300,23 +301,23 @@ func TestParserLookahead(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRequirementConstructor(t *testing.T) {
 	requirementConstructorTests := []struct {
 		Key     string
-		Op      Operator
+		Op      selection.Operator
 		Vals    sets.String
 		Success bool
 	}{
-		{"x", InOperator, nil, false},
-		{"x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString(), false},
-		{"x", InOperator, sets.NewString("foo"), true},
-		{"x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("foo"), true},
-		{"x", ExistsOperator, nil, true},
-		{"x", DoesNotExistOperator, nil, true},
-		{"1foo", InOperator, sets.NewString("bar"), true},
-		{"1234", InOperator, sets.NewString("bar"), true},
-		{"y", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("1"), true},
-		{"z", LessThanOperator, sets.NewString("6"), true},
-		{"foo", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("bar"), false},
-		{"barz", LessThanOperator, sets.NewString("blah"), false},
-		{strings.Repeat("a", 254), ExistsOperator, nil, false}, //breaks DNS rule that len(key) <= 253
+		{"x", selection.In, nil, false},
+		{"x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString(), false},
+		{"x", selection.In, sets.NewString("foo"), true},
+		{"x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("foo"), true},
+		{"x", selection.Exists, nil, true},
+		{"x", selection.DoesNotExist, nil, true},
+		{"1foo", selection.In, sets.NewString("bar"), true},
+		{"1234", selection.In, sets.NewString("bar"), true},
+		{"y", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("1"), true},
+		{"z", selection.LessThan, sets.NewString("6"), true},
+		{"foo", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("bar"), false},
+		{"barz", selection.LessThan, sets.NewString("blah"), false},
+		{strings.Repeat("a", 254), selection.Exists, nil, false}, //breaks DNS rule that len(key) <= 253
 	}
 	for _, rc := range requirementConstructorTests {
 		if _, err := NewRequirement(rc.Key, rc.Op, rc.Vals); err == nil && !rc.Success {
@@ -336,34 +337,34 @@ func TestToString(t *testing.T) {
 	}{

 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", ExistsOperator, nil, t)},
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.Exists, nil, t)},
 			"x in (abc,def),y notin (jkl),z", true},
 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", NotEqualsOperator, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", DoesNotExistOperator, nil, t)},
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.NotEquals, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.DoesNotExist, nil, t)},
 			"x notin (abc,def),y!=jkl,!z", true},
 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
 			req}, // adding empty req for the trailing ','
 			"x in (abc,def),", false},
 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", InOperator, sets.NewString("jkl", "mno"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", NotInOperator, sets.NewString(""), t)},
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.In, sets.NewString("jkl", "mno"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString(""), t)},
 			"x notin (abc),y in (jkl,mno),z notin ()", true},
 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", EqualsOperator, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", DoubleEqualsOperator, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", NotEqualsOperator, sets.NewString("a"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", ExistsOperator, nil, t)},
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Equals, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.DoubleEquals, sets.NewString("jkl"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.NotEquals, sets.NewString("a"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.Exists, nil, t)},
 			"x=abc,y==jkl,z!=a,z", true},
 		{&internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("2"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", LessThanOperator, sets.NewString("8"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", ExistsOperator, nil, t)},
+			getRequirement("x", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("2"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.LessThan, sets.NewString("8"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.Exists, nil, t)},
 			"x>2,y<8,z", true},
 	}
 	for _, ts := range toStringTests {
@@ -386,33 +387,33 @@ func TestRequirementSelectorMatching(t *testing.T) {
 			req,
 		}, false},
 		{Set{"x": "foo", "y": "baz"}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("foo"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("alpha"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("foo"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("alpha"), t),
 		}, true},
 		{Set{"x": "foo", "y": "baz"}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("foo"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", InOperator, sets.NewString("alpha"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("foo"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.In, sets.NewString("alpha"), t),
 		}, false},
 		{Set{"y": ""}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
-			getRequirement("y", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, true},
 		{Set{"y": ""}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", DoesNotExistOperator, nil, t),
-			getRequirement("y", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.DoesNotExist, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, true},
 		{Set{"y": ""}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
-			getRequirement("y", DoesNotExistOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.DoesNotExist, nil, t),
 		}, false},
 		{Set{"y": "baz"}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString(""), t),
 		}, false},
 		{Set{"z": "2"}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("z", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("1"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("1"), t),
 		}, true},
 		{Set{"z": "v2"}, &internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("z", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("1"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("1"), t),
 		}, false},
 	}
 	for _, lsm := range labelSelectorMatchingTests {
@@ -431,80 +432,80 @@ func TestSetSelectorParser(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"", NewSelector(), true, true},
 		{"\rx", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"this-is-a-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("this-is-a-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("this-is-a-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"this-is-another-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash in (so,what)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("this-is-another-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash", InOperator, sets.NewString("so", "what"), t),
+			getRequirement("this-is-another-dns.domain.com/key-with-dash", selection.In, sets.NewString("so", "what"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"0.1.2.domain/99 notin (10.10.100.1, tick.tack.clock)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("0.1.2.domain/99", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("10.10.100.1", "tick.tack.clock"), t),
+			getRequirement("0.1.2.domain/99", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("10.10.100.1", "tick.tack.clock"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"foo  in	 (abc)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("foo", InOperator, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
+			getRequirement("foo", selection.In, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x notin\n (abc)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("abc"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x  notin	\t	(abc,def)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x in (abc,def)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("abc", "def"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x in (abc,)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString("abc", ""), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString("abc", ""), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x in ()", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", InOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.In, sets.NewString(""), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x notin (abc,,def),bar,z in (),w", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("bar", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
-			getRequirement("w", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("abc", "", "def"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", InOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("bar", selection.Exists, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("w", selection.Exists, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("abc", "", "def"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.In, sets.NewString(""), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x,y in (a)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("y", InOperator, sets.NewString("a"), t),
-			getRequirement("x", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.In, sets.NewString("a"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, false, true},
 		{"x=a", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", EqualsOperator, sets.NewString("a"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Equals, sets.NewString("a"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x>1", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", GreaterThanOperator, sets.NewString("1"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.GreaterThan, sets.NewString("1"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x<7", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", LessThanOperator, sets.NewString("7"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.LessThan, sets.NewString("7"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x=a,y!=b", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", EqualsOperator, sets.NewString("a"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", NotEqualsOperator, sets.NewString("b"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Equals, sets.NewString("a"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.NotEquals, sets.NewString("b"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x=a,y!=b,z in (h,i,j)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", EqualsOperator, sets.NewString("a"), t),
-			getRequirement("y", NotEqualsOperator, sets.NewString("b"), t),
-			getRequirement("z", InOperator, sets.NewString("h", "i", "j"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.Equals, sets.NewString("a"), t),
+			getRequirement("y", selection.NotEquals, sets.NewString("b"), t),
+			getRequirement("z", selection.In, sets.NewString("h", "i", "j"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x=a||y=b", internalSelector{}, false, false},
 		{"x,,y", nil, true, false},
 		{",x,y", nil, true, false},
 		{"x nott in (y)", nil, true, false},
 		{"x notin ( )", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString(""), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString(""), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"x notin (, a)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("x", NotInOperator, sets.NewString("", "a"), t),
+			getRequirement("x", selection.NotIn, sets.NewString("", "a"), t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"a in (xyz),", nil, true, false},
 		{"a in (xyz)b notin ()", nil, true, false},
 		{"a ", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("a", ExistsOperator, nil, t),
+			getRequirement("a", selection.Exists, nil, t),
 		}, true, true},
 		{"a in (x,y,notin, z,in)", internalSelector{
-			getRequirement("a", InOperator, sets.NewString("in", "notin", "x", "y", "z"), t),
+			getRequirement("a", selection.In, sets.NewString("in", "notin", "x", "y", "z"), t),
 		}, true, true}, // operator 'in' inside list of identifiers
 		{"a in (xyz abc)", nil, false, false}, // no comma
 		{"a notin(", nil, true, false},        // bad formed
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ func TestSetSelectorParser(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func getRequirement(key string, op Operator, vals sets.String, t *testing.T) Requirement {
+func getRequirement(key string, op selection.Operator, vals sets.String, t *testing.T) Requirement {
 	req, err := NewRequirement(key, op, vals)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewRequirement(%v, %v, %v) resulted in error:%v", key, op, vals, err)
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		name        string
 		sel         Selector
 		key         string
-		operator    Operator
+		operator    selection.Operator
 		values      []string
 		refSelector Selector
 	}{
@@ -545,19 +546,19 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 			"keyInOperator",
 			internalSelector{},
 			"key",
-			InOperator,
+			selection.In,
 			[]string{"value"},
-			internalSelector{Requirement{"key", InOperator, sets.NewString("value")}},
+			internalSelector{Requirement{"key", selection.In, sets.NewString("value")}},
 		},
 		{
 			"keyEqualsOperator",
-			internalSelector{Requirement{"key", InOperator, sets.NewString("value")}},
+			internalSelector{Requirement{"key", selection.In, sets.NewString("value")}},
 			"key2",
-			EqualsOperator,
+			selection.Equals,
 			[]string{"value2"},
 			internalSelector{
-				Requirement{"key", InOperator, sets.NewString("value")},
-				Requirement{"key2", EqualsOperator, sets.NewString("value2")},
+				Requirement{"key", selection.In, sets.NewString("value")},
+				Requirement{"key2", selection.Equals, sets.NewString("value2")},
 			},
 		},
 	}
--- a/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/generic"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/storage"
 	etcdstorage "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/storage/etcd"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/storage/etcd/etcdtest"
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func NewTestGenericStoreRegistry(t *testing.T) (*etcdtesting.EtcdTestServer, *St
 func matchPodName(names ...string) *generic.SelectionPredicate {
 	// Note: even if pod name is a field, we have to use labels,
 	// because field selector doesn't support "IN" operator.
-	l, err := labels.NewRequirement("name", labels.InOperator, sets.NewString(names...))
+	l, err := labels.NewRequirement("name", selection.In, sets.NewString(names...))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("Labels requirement must validate successfully")
 	}
--- a/pkg/selection/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/selection/operator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package selection
+
+// Operator represents a key/field's relationship to value(s).
+// See labels.Requirement and fields.Requirement for more details.
+type Operator string
+
+const (
+	DoesNotExist Operator = "!"
+	Equals       Operator = "="
+	DoubleEquals Operator = "=="
+	In           Operator = "in"
+	NotEquals    Operator = "!="
+	NotIn        Operator = "notin"
+	Exists       Operator = "exists"
+	GreaterThan  Operator = "gt"
+	LessThan     Operator = "lt"
+)