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+# Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
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+# distribution.
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+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+"""Common code used throughout tests of gRPC."""
+
+import collections
+
+import six
+
+INVOCATION_INITIAL_METADATA = (('0', 'abc'), ('1', 'def'), ('2', 'ghi'),)
+SERVICE_INITIAL_METADATA = (('3', 'jkl'), ('4', 'mno'), ('5', 'pqr'),)
+SERVICE_TERMINAL_METADATA = (('6', 'stu'), ('7', 'vwx'), ('8', 'yza'),)
+DETAILS = 'test details'
+
+
+def metadata_transmitted(original_metadata, transmitted_metadata):
+  """Judges whether or not metadata was acceptably transmitted.
+
+  gRPC is allowed to insert key-value pairs into the metadata values given by
+  applications and to reorder key-value pairs with different keys but it is not
+  allowed to alter existing key-value pairs or to reorder key-value pairs with
+  the same key.
+
+  Args:
+    original_metadata: A metadata value used in a test of gRPC. An iterable over
+      iterables of length 2.
+    transmitted_metadata: A metadata value corresponding to original_metadata
+      after having been transmitted via gRPC. An iterable over iterables of
+      length 2.
+
+  Returns:
+     A boolean indicating whether transmitted_metadata accurately reflects
+      original_metadata after having been transmitted via gRPC.
+  """
+  original = collections.defaultdict(list)
+  for key, value in original_metadata:
+    original[key].append(value)
+  transmitted = collections.defaultdict(list)
+  for key, value in transmitted_metadata:
+    transmitted[key].append(value)
+
+  for key, values in six.iteritems(original):
+    transmitted_values = transmitted[key]
+    transmitted_iterator = iter(transmitted_values)
+    try:
+      for value in values:
+        while True:
+          transmitted_value = next(transmitted_iterator)
+          if value == transmitted_value:
+            break
+    except StopIteration:
+      return False
+  else:
+    return True