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+#
+# Copyright 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Radio
+#
+# GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+"""
+Utilities for extracting text from generated classes.
+"""
+
+def is_string(txt):
+    if isinstance(txt, str):
+        return True
+    try:
+        if isinstance(txt, unicode):
+            return True
+    except NameError:
+        pass
+    return False
+
+def description(obj):
+    if obj is None:
+        return None
+    return description_bit(obj).strip()
+
+def description_bit(obj):
+    if hasattr(obj, 'content'):
+        contents = [description_bit(item) for item in obj.content]
+        result = ''.join(contents)
+    elif hasattr(obj, 'content_'):
+        contents = [description_bit(item) for item in obj.content_]
+        result = ''.join(contents)
+    elif hasattr(obj, 'value'):
+        result = description_bit(obj.value)
+    elif is_string(obj):
+        return obj
+    else:
+        raise StandardError('Expecting a string or something with content, content_ or value attribute')
+    # If this bit is a paragraph then add one some line breaks.
+    if hasattr(obj, 'name') and obj.name == 'para':
+        result += "\n\n"
+    return result