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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+# Copyright © Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> 2008
+#
+# This program 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 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+
+"""Network Data Representation (NDR) marshalling and unmarshalling."""
+
+
+def ndr_pack(object):
+    """Pack a NDR object.
+
+    :param object: Object to pack
+    :return: String object with marshalled object.
+    """
+    ndr_pack = getattr(object, "__ndr_pack__", None)
+    if ndr_pack is None:
+        raise TypeError("%r is not a NDR object" % object)
+    return ndr_pack()
+
+
+def ndr_unpack(cls, data, allow_remaining=False):
+    """NDR unpack an object.
+
+    :param cls: Class of the object to unpack
+    :param data: Buffer to unpack
+    :param allow_remaining: allows remaining data at the end (default=False)
+    :return: Unpacked object
+    """
+    object = cls()
+    object.__ndr_unpack__(data, allow_remaining=allow_remaining)
+    return object
+
+
+def ndr_print(object):
+    return object.__ndr_print__()