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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    ffmpegwrapper.parameters
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Implements a basic structure for commandline
+    arguments and some helpers to operate with them.
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2012 by Mathias Koehler.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+from itertools import chain
+from collections import MutableSequence, namedtuple
+
+try:
+    from itertools import ifilter
+except ImportError:
+    ifilter = filter
+
+
+def format_parameter(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Format a parameter string
+
+    >>> format_parameter(ex=['example', 'one'])
+    '"ex=example:one"'
+    >>> format_parameter('one', 'two', 'three')
+    'one:two:three'
+
+    You can mix the arguments und keyword arguments.
+    """
+    parameter_list = []
+    for value in args:
+        if value is not None:
+            parameter_list.append(str(value))
+    for key, value in kwargs.items():
+        try:
+            if not value:
+                parameter_list.append(key)
+            else:
+                parameter_list.append("=".join([key, value]))
+        except TypeError:
+            values = ':'.join(kwargs[key])
+            parameter_list.append("=".join([key, values]))
+    result = ':'.join(parameter_list)
+    if kwargs:
+        return '"%s"' % result
+    return result
+
+
+Parameter = namedtuple('Parameter', ['name', 'value'])
+
+
+class ParameterContainer(MutableSequence):
+
+    def __init__(self, *containers):
+        self.container_list = list(containers)
+
+    def add_parameter(self, key, value):
+        """Adds an parameter to the container."""
+        self.container_list.append(Parameter(key, value))
+
+    def add_formatparam(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Format the value of an parameter from the *args **kwargs
+        and append it to the container."""
+        parameter = format_parameter(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.add_parameter(name, parameter)
+
+    def insert(self, index, value):
+        self.container_list.insert(index, value)
+
+    def iteritems(self):
+        return iter(self.container_list)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return ifilter(None, chain.from_iterable(self.container_list))
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.container_list.__len__()
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index, value):
+        self.container_list.__setitem__(index, value)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        return self.container_list.__getitem__(index)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, index):
+        self.container_list.__delitem__(index)
+
+    def __contains__(self, other):
+        return self.container_list.__contains__(other)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<{cls} {opts}>".format(
+            opts=list(self), cls=self.__class__.__name__)