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+#
+# Copyright 2012, 2013, Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Automatically generated by LOXI from template util.py
+# Do not modify
+
+import loxi
+import const
+
+def unpack_array(deserializer, element_size, buf):
+    """
+    Deserialize an array of fixed length elements.
+    The deserializer function should take a buffer and return the new object.
+    """
+    if len(buf) % element_size != 0: raise loxi.ProtocolError("invalid array length")
+    n = len(buf) / element_size
+    return [deserializer(buffer(buf, i*element_size, element_size)) for i in range(n)]
+
+def pretty_mac(mac):
+    return ':'.join(["%02x" % x for x in mac])
+
+def pretty_ipv4(v):
+    return "%d.%d.%d.%d" % ((v >> 24) & 0xFF, (v >> 16) & 0xFF, (v >> 8) & 0xFF, v & 0xFF)
+
+def pretty_flags(v, flag_names):
+    set_flags = []
+    for flag_name in flag_names:
+        flag_value = getattr(const, flag_name)
+        if v & flag_value == flag_value:
+            set_flags.append(flag_name)
+        elif v & flag_value:
+            set_flags.append('%s&%#x' % (flag_name, v & flag_value))
+        v &= ~flag_value
+    if v:
+        set_flags.append("%#x" % v)
+    return '|'.join(set_flags) or '0'
+
+def pretty_wildcards(v):
+    if v == const.OFPFW_ALL:
+        return 'OFPFW_ALL'
+    flag_names = ['OFPFW_IN_PORT', 'OFPFW_DL_VLAN', 'OFPFW_DL_SRC', 'OFPFW_DL_DST',
+                  'OFPFW_DL_TYPE', 'OFPFW_NW_PROTO', 'OFPFW_TP_SRC', 'OFPFW_TP_DST',
+                  'OFPFW_NW_SRC_MASK', 'OFPFW_NW_DST_MASK', 'OFPFW_DL_VLAN_PCP',
+                  'OFPFW_NW_TOS']
+    return pretty_flags(v, flag_names)
+
+def pretty_port(v):
+    named_ports = [(k,v2) for (k,v2) in const.__dict__.iteritems() if k.startswith('OFPP_')]
+    for (k, v2) in named_ports:
+        if v == v2:
+            return k
+    return v