use generic parameter building functions; pagination in unit tests
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go b/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go
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+package objects
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
+)
+
+// Object is a structure that holds information related to a storage object.
+type Object map[string]interface{}
+
+// ListResult is a single page of objects that is returned from a call to the List function.
+type ObjectPage struct {
+	pagination.MarkerPageBase
+}
+
+// IsEmpty returns true if a ListResult contains no object names.
+func (r ObjectPage) IsEmpty() (bool, error) {
+	names, err := ExtractNames(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return true, err
+	}
+	return len(names) == 0, nil
+}
+
+// LastMarker returns the last object name in a ListResult.
+func (r ObjectPage) LastMarker() (string, error) {
+	names, err := ExtractNames(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if len(names) == 0 {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return names[len(names)-1], nil
+}
+
+// DownloadResult is a *http.Response that is returned from a call to the Download function.
+type DownloadResult struct {
+	Resp *http.Response
+	Err  error
+}
+
+// GetResult is a *http.Response that is returned from a call to the Get function.
+type GetResult struct {
+	Resp *http.Response
+	Err  error
+}
+
+// ExtractInfo is a function that takes a page of objects and returns their full information.
+func ExtractInfo(page pagination.Page) ([]Object, error) {
+	untyped := page.(ObjectPage).Body.([]interface{})
+	results := make([]Object, len(untyped))
+	for index, each := range untyped {
+		results[index] = Object(each.(map[string]interface{}))
+	}
+	return results, nil
+}
+
+// ExtractNames is a function that takes a page of objects and returns only their names.
+func ExtractNames(page pagination.Page) ([]string, error) {
+	casted := page.(ObjectPage)
+	ct := casted.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(ct, "application/json"):
+		parsed, err := ExtractInfo(page)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		names := make([]string, 0, len(parsed))
+		for _, object := range parsed {
+			names = append(names, object["name"].(string))
+		}
+		return names, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix(ct, "text/plain"):
+		names := make([]string, 0, 50)
+
+		body := string(page.(ObjectPage).Body.([]uint8))
+		for _, name := range strings.Split(body, "\n") {
+			if len(name) > 0 {
+				names = append(names, name)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return names, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot extract names from response with content-type: [%s]", ct)
+	}
+}
+
+// ExtractContent is a function that takes a DownloadResult (of type *http.Response)
+// and returns the object's content.
+func (dr DownloadResult) ExtractContent() ([]byte, error) {
+	if dr.Err != nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	var body []byte
+	defer dr.Resp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(dr.Resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return body, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to read DownloadResult body: %v", err)
+	}
+	return body, nil
+}
+
+// ExtractMetadata is a function that takes a GetResult (of type *http.Response)
+// and returns the custom metadata associated with the object.
+func (gr GetResult) ExtractMetadata() (map[string]string, error) {
+	if gr.Err != nil {
+		return nil, gr.Err
+	}
+	metadata := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range gr.Resp.Header {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "X-Object-Meta-") {
+			key := strings.TrimPrefix(k, "X-Object-Meta-")
+			metadata[key] = v[0]
+		}
+	}
+	return metadata, nil
+}