[constructed-inventory] Constructed inventory as alternative to smart inventory

[AlanCoding]

SUMMARY

Connect #13447

Replaces first draft of #13214

ISSUE TYPE

• New or Enhanced Feature

Second Draft

This was a full Proof-of-Concept that can replicate the steps outlined in the CLI-based demo here:

https://github.com/AlanCoding/Ansible-inventory-file-examples/tree/master/issues/AWX371

It has been edited since then, and that is no longer entirely the functionality.

Key changes with this version:

• Introduced a new kind of inventory, "multiple" which linked to multiple source inventories
• Introduced "constructed" inventory source which adds (at runtime in this version) constructed vars / groups

Third Draft

This will be continually edited as the shape of the feature changes.

Key changes with this version:

• Instead of a "multiple" kind of inventory, this changes to a "constructed" kind of inventory
• The inventory kind corresponds to a 1-to-1 mandatory "constructed" inventory source
• The inventory/source updates independently

key TODOs:

• Add --limit to inventory sources

ISSUE TYPE

• New or Enhanced Feature

COMPONENT NAME

• API

[TheRealHaoLiu]

if these are ones that shouldn't show for "smart" inventory should we make this if statement reflect the condition?

[AlanCoding]

you mean change this to obj.kind != 'smart'?