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+# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+# Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+"""Constants and static functions to support protocol buffer wire format."""
+
+__author__ = 'robinson@google.com (Will Robinson)'
+
+import struct
+from froofle.protobuf import message
+
+
+TAG_TYPE_BITS = 3  # Number of bits used to hold type info in a proto tag.
+_TAG_TYPE_MASK = (1 << TAG_TYPE_BITS) - 1  # 0x7
+
+# These numbers identify the wire type of a protocol buffer value.
+# We use the least-significant TAG_TYPE_BITS bits of the varint-encoded
+# tag-and-type to store one of these WIRETYPE_* constants.
+# These values must match WireType enum in //net/proto2/public/wire_format.h.
+WIRETYPE_VARINT = 0
+WIRETYPE_FIXED64 = 1
+WIRETYPE_LENGTH_DELIMITED = 2
+WIRETYPE_START_GROUP = 3
+WIRETYPE_END_GROUP = 4
+WIRETYPE_FIXED32 = 5
+_WIRETYPE_MAX = 5
+
+
+# Bounds for various integer types.
+INT32_MAX = int((1 << 31) - 1)
+INT32_MIN = int(-(1 << 31))
+UINT32_MAX = (1 << 32) - 1
+
+INT64_MAX = (1 << 63) - 1
+INT64_MIN = -(1 << 63)
+UINT64_MAX = (1 << 64) - 1
+
+# "struct" format strings that will encode/decode the specified formats.
+FORMAT_UINT32_LITTLE_ENDIAN = '<I'
+FORMAT_UINT64_LITTLE_ENDIAN = '<Q'
+
+
+# We'll have to provide alternate implementations of AppendLittleEndian*() on
+# any architectures where these checks fail.
+if struct.calcsize(FORMAT_UINT32_LITTLE_ENDIAN) != 4:
+  raise AssertionError('Format "I" is not a 32-bit number.')
+if struct.calcsize(FORMAT_UINT64_LITTLE_ENDIAN) != 8:
+  raise AssertionError('Format "Q" is not a 64-bit number.')
+
+
+def PackTag(field_number, wire_type):
+  """Returns an unsigned 32-bit integer that encodes the field number and
+  wire type information in standard protocol message wire format.
+
+  Args:
+    field_number: Expected to be an integer in the range [1, 1 << 29)
+    wire_type: One of the WIRETYPE_* constants.
+  """
+  if not 0 <= wire_type <= _WIRETYPE_MAX:
+    raise message.EncodeError('Unknown wire type: %d' % wire_type)
+  return (field_number << TAG_TYPE_BITS) | wire_type
+
+
+def UnpackTag(tag):
+  """The inverse of PackTag().  Given an unsigned 32-bit number,
+  returns a (field_number, wire_type) tuple.
+  """
+  return (tag >> TAG_TYPE_BITS), (tag & _TAG_TYPE_MASK)
+
+
+def ZigZagEncode(value):
+  """ZigZag Transform:  Encodes signed integers so that they can be
+  effectively used with varint encoding.  See wire_format.h for
+  more details.
+  """
+  if value >= 0:
+    return value << 1
+  return (value << 1) ^ (~0)
+
+
+def ZigZagDecode(value):
+  """Inverse of ZigZagEncode()."""
+  if not value & 0x1:
+    return value >> 1
+  return (value >> 1) ^ (~0)
+
+
+
+# The *ByteSize() functions below return the number of bytes required to
+# serialize "field number + type" information and then serialize the value.
+
+
+def Int32ByteSize(field_number, int32):
+  return Int64ByteSize(field_number, int32)
+
+
+def Int64ByteSize(field_number, int64):
+  # Have to convert to uint before calling UInt64ByteSize().
+  return UInt64ByteSize(field_number, 0xffffffffffffffff & int64)
+
+
+def UInt32ByteSize(field_number, uint32):
+  return UInt64ByteSize(field_number, uint32)
+
+
+def UInt64ByteSize(field_number, uint64):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(uint64)
+
+
+def SInt32ByteSize(field_number, int32):
+  return UInt32ByteSize(field_number, ZigZagEncode(int32))
+
+
+def SInt64ByteSize(field_number, int64):
+  return UInt64ByteSize(field_number, ZigZagEncode(int64))
+
+
+def Fixed32ByteSize(field_number, fixed32):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 4
+
+
+def Fixed64ByteSize(field_number, fixed64):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 8
+
+
+def SFixed32ByteSize(field_number, sfixed32):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 4
+
+
+def SFixed64ByteSize(field_number, sfixed64):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 8
+
+
+def FloatByteSize(field_number, flt):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 4
+
+
+def DoubleByteSize(field_number, double):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 8
+
+
+def BoolByteSize(field_number, b):
+  return _TagByteSize(field_number) + 1
+
+
+def EnumByteSize(field_number, enum):
+  return UInt32ByteSize(field_number, enum)
+
+
+def StringByteSize(field_number, string):
+  return BytesByteSize(field_number, string.encode('utf-8'))
+
+
+def BytesByteSize(field_number, b):
+  return (_TagByteSize(field_number)
+          + _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(len(b))
+          + len(b))
+
+
+def GroupByteSize(field_number, message):
+  return (2 * _TagByteSize(field_number)  # START and END group.
+          + message.ByteSize())
+
+
+def MessageByteSize(field_number, message):
+  return (_TagByteSize(field_number)
+          + _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(message.ByteSize())
+          + message.ByteSize())
+
+
+def MessageSetItemByteSize(field_number, msg):
+  # First compute the sizes of the tags.
+  # There are 2 tags for the beginning and ending of the repeated group, that
+  # is field number 1, one with field number 2 (type_id) and one with field
+  # number 3 (message).
+  total_size = (2 * _TagByteSize(1) + _TagByteSize(2) + _TagByteSize(3))
+
+  # Add the number of bytes for type_id.
+  total_size += _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(field_number)
+
+  message_size = msg.ByteSize()
+
+  # The number of bytes for encoding the length of the message.
+  total_size += _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(message_size)
+
+  # The size of the message.
+  total_size += message_size
+  return total_size
+
+
+# Private helper functions for the *ByteSize() functions above.
+
+
+def _TagByteSize(field_number):
+  """Returns the bytes required to serialize a tag with this field number."""
+  # Just pass in type 0, since the type won't affect the tag+type size.
+  return _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(PackTag(field_number, 0))
+
+
+def _VarUInt64ByteSizeNoTag(uint64):
+  """Returns the bytes required to serialize a single varint.
+  uint64 must be unsigned.
+  """
+  if uint64 > UINT64_MAX:
+    raise message.EncodeError('Value out of range: %d' % uint64)
+  bytes = 1
+  while uint64 > 0x7f:
+    bytes += 1
+    uint64 >>= 7
+  return bytes