1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/yardstick/network_services/vnf_generic/vnfdgen.py b/yardstick/network_services/vnf_generic/vnfdgen.py
index 0120b493e..f42635006 100644
--- a/yardstick/network_services/vnf_generic/vnfdgen.py
+++ b/yardstick/network_services/vnf_generic/vnfdgen.py
@@ -14,26 +14,29 @@
 """ Generic file to map and build vnf discriptor """
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from functools import reduce
 
 import jinja2
 import logging
-import yaml
 
+from yardstick.common.task_template import finalize_for_yaml
 from yardstick.common.utils import try_int
+from yardstick.common.yaml_loader import yaml_load
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def render(vnf_model, **kwargs):
     """Render jinja2 VNF template
+    Do not check for missing arguments
 
     :param vnf_model: string that contains template
     :param kwargs: Dict with template arguments
     :returns:rendered template str
     """
 
-    return jinja2.Template(vnf_model).render(**kwargs)
+    return jinja2.Template(vnf_model, finalize=finalize_for_yaml).render(**kwargs)
 
 
 def generate_vnfd(vnf_model, node):
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ def generate_vnfd(vnf_model, node):
     rendered_vnfd = render(vnf_model, **node)
     # This is done to get rid of issues with serializing node
     del node["get"]
-    filled_vnfd = yaml.safe_load(rendered_vnfd)
+    filled_vnfd = yaml_load(rendered_vnfd)
     return filled_vnfd
 
 
@@ -73,19 +76,24 @@ def deepgetitem(obj, item, default=None):
 
     add try_int to work with sequences
 
-    >>> d = {'snl_final': {'about': {'_icsd': {'icsd_id': 1, 'fr': [2, 3]}}}}
+    >>> d = {'snl_final': {'about': {'_icsd': {'icsd_id': 1, 'fr': [2, 3], '0': 24, 0: 4}}}}
     >>> deepgetitem(d, 'snl_final.about._icsd.icsd_id')
     1
     >>> deepgetitem(d, 'snl_final.about._sandbox.sbx_id')
     >>>
     >>> deepgetitem(d, 'snl_final.about._icsd.fr.1')
     3
+    >>> deepgetitem(d, 'snl_final.about._icsd.0')
+    24
     """
     def getitem(obj, name):
-        # if integer then list index
-        name = try_int(name)
+        # try string then convert to int
         try:
             return obj[name]
         except (KeyError, TypeError, IndexError):
-            return default
+            name = try_int(name)
+            try:
+                return obj[name]
+            except (KeyError, TypeError, IndexError):
+                return default
     return reduce(getitem, item.split('.'), obj)