def _set_enable(self, v, load=False):
    """
    Setter method for enable, mapped from YANG variable /macsec/interfaces/interface/state/enable (boolean)
    If this variable is read-only (config: false) in the
    source YANG file, then _set_enable is considered as a private
    method. Backends looking to populate this variable should
    do so via calling thisObj._set_enable() directly.

    YANG Description: Enable MACsec on an interface
    """
    if hasattr(v, "_utype"):
      v = v._utype(v)
    try:
      t = YANGDynClass(v,base=YANGBool, default=YANGBool("false"), is_leaf=True, yang_name="enable", parent=self, path_helper=self._path_helper, extmethods=self._extmethods, register_paths=True, namespace='http://openconfig.net/yang/macsec', defining_module='openconfig-macsec', yang_type='boolean', is_config=False)
    except (TypeError, ValueError):
      raise ValueError({
          'error-string': """enable must be of a type compatible with boolean""",
          'defined-type': "boolean",
          'generated-type': """YANGDynClass(base=YANGBool, default=YANGBool("false"), is_leaf=True, yang_name="enable", parent=self, path_helper=self._path_helper, extmethods=self._extmethods, register_paths=True, namespace='http://openconfig.net/yang/macsec', defining_module='openconfig-macsec', yang_type='boolean', is_config=False)""",
        })

    self.__enable = t
    if hasattr(self, '_set'):
      self._set()