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+# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
+# 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 warnings
+
+from escalatorclient.common import utils
+
+
+def Client(version=None, endpoint=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    if version is not None:
+        warnings.warn(("`version` keyword is being deprecated. Please pass the"
+                       " version as part of the URL. "
+                       "http://$HOST:$PORT/v$VERSION_NUMBER"),
+                      DeprecationWarning)
+
+    endpoint, url_version = utils.strip_version(endpoint)
+
+    if not url_version and not version:
+        msg = ("Please provide either the version or an url with the form "
+               "http://$HOST:$PORT/v$VERSION_NUMBER")
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    version = int(version or url_version)
+
+    module = utils.import_versioned_module(version, 'client')
+    client_class = getattr(module, 'Client')
+    return client_class(endpoint, *args, **kwargs)