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+# Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+
+COMMAND = 'socat'
+
+
+class SocatAddress(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, address, args=None, options=None):
+        self.address = address
+        self.args = args
+        self.options = options
+
+    @classmethod
+    def udp_datagram(cls, host, port, options=None, ip_version=None):
+        address = 'UDP{}-DATAGRAM'.format(ip_version or '')
+        return cls(address, (host, int(port)), options)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def udp_recvfrom(cls, port, options=None, ip_version=None):
+        address = 'UDP{}-RECVFROM'.format(ip_version or '')
+        return cls(address, (int(port),), options)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def stdio(cls):
+        return cls('STDIO')
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        address = self.address
+        if self.args:
+            address += ':' + ':'.join(str(a) for a in self.args)
+        if self.options:
+            address += ',' + ','.join(str(o) for o in self.options)
+        return address
+
+    def format(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return str(self).format(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+STDIO = SocatAddress.stdio()
+
+
+class SocatOption(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, *args):
+        self.name = name
+        self.args = args
+
+    @classmethod
+    def bind(cls, host):
+        return cls('bind', host)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fork(cls):
+        return cls('fork')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def ip_multicast_ttl(cls, ttl):
+        return cls('ip-multicast-ttl', int(ttl))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def ip_multicast_if(cls, interface_address):
+        return cls('ip-multicast-if', interface_address)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def ip_add_membership(cls, multicast_address, interface_address):
+        return cls('ip-add-membership', multicast_address, interface_address)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        result = self.name
+        args = self.args
+        if args:
+            result += '=' + ':'.join(str(a) for a in args)
+        return result
+
+
+class SocatCommand(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, source=STDIO, destination=STDIO, command=COMMAND):
+        self.source = source
+        self.destination = destination
+        self.command = command
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        words = [self.command, self.source, self.destination]
+        return ' '.join(str(obj) for obj in words)
+
+
+def socat_command(source=STDIO, destination=STDIO, command=COMMAND):
+    command = SocatCommand(source=source, destination=destination,
+                           command=command)
+    return str(command)