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+#!/usr/bin/python2.4
+#
+# Copyright 2010 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+
+"""One-line documentation for util module.
+
+A detailed description of util.
+"""
+
+__author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
+
+import httplib2
+import os
+
+DATA_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data')
+
+
+class HttpMock(object):
+
+  def __init__(self, filename, headers):
+    f = file(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, filename), 'r')
+    self.data = f.read()
+    f.close()
+    self.headers = headers
+
+  def request(self, uri, method="GET", body=None, headers=None, redirections=1, connection_type=None):
+    return httplib2.Response(self.headers), self.data