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+# Copyright 2017 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.
+"""API metadata conversion utilities."""
+
+import collections
+
+_Metadatum = collections.namedtuple('_Metadatum', ('key', 'value',))
+
+
+def _beta_metadatum(key, value):
+    beta_key = key if isinstance(key, (bytes,)) else key.encode('ascii')
+    beta_value = value if isinstance(value, (bytes,)) else value.encode('ascii')
+    return _Metadatum(beta_key, beta_value)
+
+
+def _metadatum(beta_key, beta_value):
+    key = beta_key if isinstance(beta_key, (str,)) else beta_key.decode('utf8')
+    if isinstance(beta_value, (str,)) or key[-4:] == '-bin':
+        value = beta_value
+    else:
+        value = beta_value.decode('utf8')
+    return _Metadatum(key, value)
+
+
+def beta(metadata):
+    if metadata is None:
+        return ()
+    else:
+        return tuple(_beta_metadatum(key, value) for key, value in metadata)
+
+
+def unbeta(beta_metadata):
+    if beta_metadata is None:
+        return ()
+    else:
+        return tuple(
+            _metadatum(beta_key, beta_value)
+            for beta_key, beta_value in beta_metadata)