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+# Copyright 2017 Red Hat Inc & Xena Networks.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Contributors:
+#   Dan Amzulescu, Xena Networks
+#   Christian Trautman, Red Hat Inc.
+
+"""JSON utility module"""
+
+import base64
+import json
+import locale
+import logging
+import uuid
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_LOCALE = locale.getlocale()[1]
+
+def create_segment(header_type, encode_64_string):
+    """
+    Create segment for JSON file
+    :param header_type: Type of header as string
+    :param encode_64_string: 64 byte encoded string value of the hex bytes
+    :return: segment as dictionary
+    """
+    return {
+        "SegmentType": header_type.upper(),
+        "SegmentValue": encode_64_string,
+        "ItemID": str(uuid.uuid4()),
+        "ParentID": "",
+        "Label": ""}
+
+
+def decode_byte_array(enc_str):
+    """ Decodes the base64-encoded string to a byte array
+    :param enc_str: The base64-encoded string representing a byte array
+    :return: The decoded byte array
+    """
+    dec_string = base64.b64decode(enc_str)
+    barray = bytearray()
+    barray.extend(dec_string)
+    return barray
+
+
+def encode_byte_array(byte_arr):
+    """ Encodes the byte array as a base64-encoded string
+    :param byte_arr: A bytearray containing the bytes to convert
+    :return: A base64 encoded string
+    """
+    enc_string = base64.b64encode(bytes(byte_arr))
+    return enc_string
+
+
+def read_json_file(json_file):
+    """
+    Read the json file path and return a dictionary of the data
+    :param json_file: path to json file
+    :return: dictionary of json data
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(json_file, 'r', encoding=_LOCALE) as data_file:
+            file_data = json.loads(data_file.read())
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        # general json exception, Python 3.5 adds new exception type
+        _LOGGER.exception("Exception with json read: %s", exc)
+        raise
+    except IOError as exc:
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            'Exception during file open: %s file=%s', exc, json_file)
+        raise
+    return file_data
+
+
+def write_json_file(json_data, output_path):
+    """
+    Write out the dictionary of data to a json file
+    :param json_data: dictionary of json data
+    :param output_path: file path to write output
+    :return: Boolean if success
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(output_path, 'w', encoding=_LOCALE) as fileh:
+            json.dump(json_data, fileh, indent=2, sort_keys=True,
+                      ensure_ascii=True)
+        return True
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        # general json exception, Python 3.5 adds new exception type
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            "Exception with json write: %s", exc)
+        return False
+    except IOError as exc:
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            'Exception during file write: %s file=%s', exc, output_path)
+        return False