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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+"""
+A simple python representation for AMQP content.
+"""
+
+def default(val, defval):
+  if val == None:
+    return defval
+  else:
+    return val
+
+class Content:
+
+  def __init__(self, body = "", children = None, properties = None):
+    self.body = body
+    self.children = default(children, [])
+    self.properties = default(properties, {})
+
+  def size(self):
+    return len(self.body)
+
+  def weight(self):
+    return len(self.children)
+
+  def __getitem__(self, name):
+    return self.properties[name]
+
+  def __setitem__(self, name, value):
+    self.properties[name] = value
+
+  def __delitem__(self, name):
+    del self.properties[name]