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+++ b/configurationengine/source/testautomation/testautomation/utils.py	Thu Mar 11 17:04:37 2010 +0200
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+# All rights reserved.
+# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+#
+# Initial Contributors:
+# Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#
+# Description:
+#
+
+def hex_to_bindata(hexdata):
+    hexdata = hexdata.replace(' ', '').replace('\r', '').replace('\n', '').replace('\t', '')
+    if len(hexdata) % 2 != 0:
+        raise ValueError("'%s' is not divisible by 2", hexdata)
+    for c in hexdata:
+        if c not in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF":
+            raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid hex string", hexdata)
+    
+    temp = []
+    for i in xrange(len(hexdata) / 2):
+        start = i * 2
+        end   = start + 2 
+        temp.append(chr(int(hexdata[start:end], 16)))
+    return ''.join(temp)
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