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+#region Copyright notice and license
+
+// Copyright 2018 gRPC authors.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#endregion
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
+
+namespace Grpc.Tools.Tests
+{
+    static class Utils
+    {
+        // Build an item with a name from args[0] and metadata key-value pairs
+        // from the rest of args, interleaved.
+        // This does not do any checking, and expects an odd number of args.
+        public static ITaskItem MakeItem(params string[] args)
+        {
+            var item = new TaskItem(args[0]);
+            for (int i = 1; i < args.Length; i += 2)
+            {
+                item.SetMetadata(args[i], args[i + 1]);
+            }
+            return item;
+        }
+
+        // Return an array of items from given itemspecs.
+        public static ITaskItem[] MakeSimpleItems(params string[] specs)
+        {
+            return specs.Select(s => new TaskItem(s)).ToArray();
+        }
+    };
+}