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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack LLC.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import ConfigParser
+from hashlib import md5
+import nose.plugins.skip
+import os
+import unittest2
+from xmlrpclib import Server
+
+NOVA_DATA = {}
+GLANCE_DATA = {}
+SWIFT_DATA = {}
+RABBITMQ_DATA = {}
+CONFIG_DATA = {}
+KEYSTONE_DATA = {}
+
+class skip_test(object):
+    """Decorator that skips a test."""
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.message = msg
+
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        def _skipper(*args, **kw):
+            """Wrapped skipper function."""
+            raise nose.SkipTest(self.message)
+        _skipper.__name__ = func.__name__
+        _skipper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        return _skipper
+
+
+class skip_if(object):
+    """Decorator that skips a test."""
+    def __init__(self, condition, msg):
+        self.condition = condition
+        self.message = msg
+
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        def _skipper(*args, **kw):
+            """Wrapped skipper function."""
+            if self.condition:
+                raise nose.SkipTest(self.message)
+            func(*args, **kw)
+        _skipper.__name__ = func.__name__
+        _skipper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        return _skipper
+
+
+class skip_unless(object):
+    """Decorator that skips a test."""
+    def __init__(self, condition, msg):
+        self.condition = condition
+        self.message = msg
+
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        def _skipper(*args, **kw):
+            """Wrapped skipper function."""
+            if not self.condition:
+                raise nose.SkipTest(self.message)
+            func(*args, **kw)
+        _skipper.__name__ = func.__name__
+        _skipper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        return _skipper
+
+
+class FunctionalTest(unittest2.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        global GLANCE_DATA, NOVA_DATA, SWIFT_DATA, RABBITMQ_DATA, KEYSTONE_DATA, CONFIG_DATA
+        # Define config dict
+        self.config = CONFIG_DATA
+        # Define service specific dicts
+        self.glance = GLANCE_DATA
+        self.nova = NOVA_DATA
+        self.swift = SWIFT_DATA
+        self.rabbitmq = RABBITMQ_DATA
+        self.keystone = KEYSTONE_DATA
+
+        self._parse_defaults_file()
+
+        # Swift Setup
+        if 'swift' in self.config:
+            self.swift['auth_host'] = self.config['swift']['auth_host']
+            self.swift['auth_port'] = self.config['swift']['auth_port']
+            self.swift['auth_prefix'] = self.config['swift']['auth_prefix']
+            self.swift['auth_ssl'] = self.config['swift']['auth_ssl']
+            self.swift['account'] = self.config['swift']['account']
+            self.swift['username'] = self.config['swift']['username']
+            self.swift['password'] = self.config['swift']['password']
+            self.swift['ver'] = 'v1.0'  # need to find a better way to get this.
+
+        # Glance Setup
+        self.glance['host'] = self.config['glance']['host']
+        self.glance['port'] = self.config['glance']['port']
+        if 'apiver' in self.config['glance']:
+            self.glance['apiver'] = self.config['glance']['apiver']
+
+        if 'nova' in self.config:
+            self.nova['host'] = self.config['nova']['host']
+            self.nova['port'] = self.config['nova']['port']
+            self.nova['ver'] = self.config['nova']['apiver']
+            self.nova['user'] = self.config['nova']['user']
+            self.nova['key'] = self.config['nova']['key']
+
+        if 'keystone' in self.config:
+            self.keystone['host'] = self.config['keystone']['host']
+            self.keystone['port'] = self.config['keystone']['port']
+            self.keystone['apiver'] = self.config['keystone']['apiver']
+            self.keystone['user'] = self.config['keystone']['user']
+            self.keystone['pass'] = self.config['keystone']['password']
+
+    def _md5sum_file(self, path):
+        md5sum = md5()
+        with open(path, 'rb') as file:
+            for chunk in iter(lambda: file.read(8192), ''):
+                md5sum.update(chunk)
+        return md5sum.hexdigest()
+
+    def _read_in_chunks(self, infile, chunk_size=1024 * 64):
+        file_data = open(infile, "rb")
+        while True:
+            # chunk = file_data.read(chunk_size).encode('base64')
+            chunk = file_data.read(chunk_size)
+            if chunk:
+                yield chunk
+            else:
+                return
+        file_data.close()
+
+    def _parse_defaults_file(self):
+        cfg = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                                   "..", "etc", "config.ini"))
+        if os.path.exists(cfg):
+            self._build_config(cfg)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Cannot read %s" % cfg)
+
+    def _build_config(self, config_file):
+        parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        parser.read(config_file)
+
+        for section in parser.sections():
+            self.config[section] = {}
+            for value in parser.options(section):
+                self.config[section][value] = parser.get(section, value)
+                # print "%s = %s" % (value, parser.get(section, value))