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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+
+from protocol import TBinaryProtocol
+from transport import TTransport
+
+def serialize(thrift_object, protocol_factory = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory()):
+    transport = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
+    protocol = protocol_factory.getProtocol(transport)
+    thrift_object.write(protocol)
+    return transport.getvalue()
+
+def deserialize(base, buf, protocol_factory = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory()):
+    transport = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer(buf)
+    protocol = protocol_factory.getProtocol(transport)
+    base.read(protocol)
+    return base
+