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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+"""
+Generate a set of signature patterns from the modular flags generated by a
+bootclasspath_fragment that can be used to select a subset of monolithic flags
+against which the modular flags can be compared.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import csv
+
+def dict_reader(input):
+    return csv.DictReader(input, delimiter=',', quotechar='|', fieldnames=['signature'])
+
+def produce_patterns_from_file(file):
+    with open(file, 'r') as f:
+        return produce_patterns_from_stream(f)
+
+def produce_patterns_from_stream(stream):
+    patterns = []
+    allFlagsReader = dict_reader(stream)
+    for row in allFlagsReader:
+        signature = row['signature']
+        patterns.append(signature)
+    return patterns
+
+def main(args):
+    args_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate a set of signature patterns that select a subset of monolithic hidden API files.')
+    args_parser.add_argument('--flags', help='The stub flags file which contains an entry for every dex member')
+    args_parser.add_argument('--output', help='Generated signature prefixes')
+    args = args_parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    # Read in all the patterns into a list.
+    patterns = produce_patterns_from_file(args.flags)
+
+    # Write out all the patterns.
+    with open(args.output, 'w') as outputFile:
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            outputFile.write(pattern)
+            outputFile.write("\n")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])