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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+from nose2.events import Plugin
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose2.plugins.excludeignoredfiles')
+
+class ExcludeIgnoredFiles(Plugin):
+    commandLineSwitch = (None, 'exclude-ignored-files', 'Exclude that which should be excluded')
+
+    def matchPath(self, event):
+        if event.path.endswith(".py"):
+            text = open(event.path, "r").read()
+            if "test_framework: ignore" in text.lower():
+                log.info("Ignoring %s" % event.path)
+                event.handled = True
+                return False