#NEWLINE# def request( self , target = 'candidate' ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# 'Allows the client to lock the configuration system of a device.\n\n        *target* is the name of the configuration datastore to lock\n        ' #NEWLINE# node = new_ele ( 'lock' ) #NEWLINE# sub_ele ( sub_ele ( node , 'target' ) , target ) #NEWLINE# return self . _request ( node )