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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+
+"""
+Parses a input care_map.txt in plain text format; converts it into the proto
+buf message; and writes the result to the output file.
+
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import sys
+
+import care_map_pb2
+
+
+def GenerateCareMapProtoFromLegacyFormat(lines):
+  """Constructs a care map proto message from the lines of the input file."""
+
+  # Expected format of the legacy care_map.txt:
+  # system
+  # system's care_map ranges
+  # [vendor]
+  # [vendor's care_map ranges]
+  # ...
+  assert len(lines) % 2 == 0, "line count must be even: {}".format(len(lines))
+
+  care_map_proto = care_map_pb2.CareMap()
+  for index in range(0, len(lines), 2):
+    info = care_map_proto.partitions.add()
+    info.name = lines[index]
+    info.ranges = lines[index + 1]
+
+    logging.info("Adding '%s': '%s' to care map", info.name, info.ranges)
+
+  return care_map_proto
+
+
+def ParseProtoMessage(message):
+  """Parses the care_map proto message and returns its text representation.
+  Args:
+    message: care_map in protobuf message
+
+  Returns:
+     A string of the care_map information, similar to the care_map legacy
+     format.
+  """
+  care_map_proto = care_map_pb2.CareMap()
+  care_map_proto.MergeFromString(message)
+
+  info_list = []
+  for info in care_map_proto.partitions:
+    assert info.name, "partition name is required in care_map"
+    assert info.ranges, "source range is required in care_map"
+    info_list += [info.name, info.ranges]
+
+    # TODO(xunchang) add a flag to output id & fingerprint also.
+  return '\n'.join(info_list)
+
+
+def main(argv):
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+      description=__doc__,
+      formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+  parser.add_argument("input_care_map",
+                      help="Path to the legacy care_map file (or path to"
+                           " care_map in protobuf format if --parse_proto is"
+                           " specified).")
+  parser.add_argument("output_file",
+                      help="Path to output file to write the result.")
+  parser.add_argument("--parse_proto", "-p", action="store_true",
+                      help="Parses the input as proto message, and outputs"
+                           " the care_map in plain text.")
+  parser.add_argument("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true")
+
+  args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+  logging_format = '%(filename)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
+  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO if args.verbose else logging.WARNING,
+                      format=logging_format)
+
+  with open(args.input_care_map, 'r') as input_care_map:
+    content = input_care_map.read()
+
+  if args.parse_proto:
+    result = ParseProtoMessage(content)
+  else:
+    care_map_proto = GenerateCareMapProtoFromLegacyFormat(
+        content.rstrip().splitlines())
+    result = care_map_proto.SerializeToString()
+
+  with open(args.output_file, 'w') as output:
+    output.write(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main(sys.argv[1:])