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+import types 
+"""The behavior query system is a module that allows querying behaviors based on lambda-function
+predicates."""
+def initBQS():
+    global behaviorList, initialized
+    behaviorList = [] 
+    initialized = True
+
+def addBehavior(behavior):
+    behaviorList.append(behavior)
+
+def query(predicateList):
+    """BehaviorQuerySystem.query takes a list of predicates (functions with signature:
+        (behavior,output)), and
+    optionally a behavior to be compared to."""
+    #want to do queries wrt: behavior itself, the behavior packet, the querying behavior
+    if isinstance(predicateList, types.FunctionType):
+        predicateList = [predicateList]
+    elif not isinstance(prediateList, list):
+        raise Exception('Predicate list must be a function or list of functions')
+    global behaviorList, initialized
+    ret = [] 
+    if not initialized:
+        initBQS()
+    
+    for behavior in behaviorList: #Consider every behavior
+        lastOutput = behavior.getLastOutput()
+        for output in lastOutput: #Look at every element it has output
+            validOutput = True
+            for pred in predicateList: #Evaluate every predicate.  A predicate is a lambda function that
+            #takes a dict and returns a bool.
+                if not pred(output):
+                    validOutput = False
+                    break
+            if validOutput:
+                ret.append(output)
+    return ret 
+
+