* @copyright Cornelius Weiss * @version $Id$ */ /** * class importexport_helper_functions (only static methods) * use importexport_helper_functions::method */ class importexport_helper_functions { /** * Plugins are scanned and cached for all instances using this source path for given time (in seconds) */ const CACHE_EXPIRATION = 3600; /** * Make no changes (automatic category creation) */ public static $dry_run = false; /** * Relative date ranges for filtering */ public static $relative_dates = array( // Start: year,month,day,week, End: year,month,day,week 'Today' => array(0,0,0,0, 0,0,1,0), 'Yesterday' => array(0,0,-1,0, 0,0,0,0), 'This week' => array(0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,1), 'Last week' => array(0,0,0,-1, 0,0,0,0), 'This month' => array(0,0,0,0, 0,1,0,0), 'Last month' => array(0,-1,0,0, 0,0,0,0), 'Last 3 months' => array(0,-3,0,0, 0,0,0,0), 'This quarter'=> array(0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0), // Just a marker, needs special handling 'Last quarter'=> array(0,-4,0,0, 0,-4,0,0), // Just a marker 'This year' => array(0,0,0,0, 1,0,0,0), 'Last year' => array(-1,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0), '2 years ago' => array(-2,0,0,0, -1,0,0,0), '3 years ago' => array(-3,0,0,0, -2,0,0,0), ); /** * Files known to cause problems, and will be skipped in a plugin scan * If you put appname => true, the whole app will be skipped. */ protected static $blacklist_files = array( 'api' => true, 'etemplate' => true, 'setup' => true, 'news_admin' => array( 'class.news_admin_import.inc.php', ), 'importexport' => array( 'class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php', ) ); /** * Class used to provide extra conversion functions * * Passed in as a param to conversion() */ protected static $cclass = null; /** * nothing to construct here, only static functions! */ /** * Converts a custom time string to to unix timestamp * The format of the time string is given by the argument $_format * which takes the same parameters as the php date() function. * * @abstract supportet formatstrings: d,m,y,Y,H,h,i,s,O,a,A * If timestring is empty, php strtotime is used. * @param string $_string time string to convert * @param string $_format format of time string e.g.: d.m.Y H:i * @param int $_is_dst is day light saving time? 0 = no, 1 = yes, -1 = system default */ public static function custom_strtotime( $_string, $_format='', $_is_dst = -1) { if ( empty( $_format ) ) return strtotime( $_string ); $fparams = explode( ',', chunk_split( $_format, 1, ',' ) ); $spos = 0; foreach ( $fparams as $fparam ) { switch ( $fparam ) { case 'd': (int)$day = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'm': (int)$mon = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'y': (int)$year = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'Y': (int)$year = substr( $_string, $spos, 4 ); $spos += 4; break; case 'H': (int)$hour = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'h': (int)$hour = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'i': (int)$min = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 's': (int)$sec = substr( $_string, $spos, 2 ); $spos += 2; break; case 'O': (int)$offset = $year = substr( $_string, $spos, 5 ); $spos += 5; break; case 'a': (int)$hour = $fparam == 'am' ? $hour : $hour + 12; break; case 'A': (int)$hour = $fparam == 'AM' ? $hour : $hour + 12; break; default: $spos++; // seperator } } print_debug("hour:$hour; min:$min; sec:$sec; mon:$mon; day:$day; year:$year;\n"); $timestamp = mktime($hour, $min, $sec, $mon, $day, $year, $_is_dst); // offset given? if ( isset( $offset ) && strlen( $offset == 5 ) ) { $operator = $offset{0}; $ohour = 60 * 60 * (int)substr( $offset, 1, 2 ); $omin = 60 * (int)substr( $offset, 3, 2 ); if ( $operator == '+' ) $timestamp += $ohour + $omin; else $timestamp -= $ohour + $omin; } return $timestamp; } /** * converts accound_lid to account_id * * @param mixed $_account_lid comma seperated list or array with lids * @return mixed comma seperated list or array with ids */ public static function account_name2id( &$_account_lids ) { $account_lids = is_array( $_account_lids ) ? $_account_lids : explode( ',', $_account_lids ); $skip = false; foreach ( $account_lids as $key => $account_lid ) { if($skip) { unset($account_lids[$key]); $skip = false; continue; } $account_lid = trim($account_lid); // Handle any IDs that slip in if(is_numeric($account_lid) && $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->id2name($account_lid)) { unset($account_lids[$key]); $account_ids[] = (int)$account_lid; continue; } // Check for [username] if(strpos($account_lid,'[') !== false) { if(preg_match('/\[(.+)\]/',$account_lid,$matches)) { $account_id = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id($matches[1]); unset($account_lids[$key]); $account_ids[] = $account_id; } continue; } // Handle users listed as Lastname, Firstname instead of login ID // Do this first, in case their first name matches a username if ( $account_lids[$key+1][0] == ' ' && $account_id = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id( trim($account_lids[$key+1]).' ' .$account_lid, 'account_fullname')) { $account_ids[] = $account_id; unset($account_lids[$key]); $skip = true; // Skip the next one, it's the first name continue ; } // Deal with groups listed as Group, remove the Group if(substr(trim($account_lid),-strlen(lang('Group'))) == lang('Group')) { $account_lid = trim(substr(trim($account_lid), 0, -strlen(lang('Group')))); } if ( $account_id = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id( $account_lid )) { $account_ids[] = $account_id; unset($account_lids[$key]); continue; } if ( $account_id = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id( trim($account_lid), 'account_fullname' )) { $account_ids[] = $account_id; unset($account_lids[$key]); continue; } // Handle groups listed as Group, if ( $account_lids[$key][0] == ' ' && $account_id = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id( $account_lid)) { $account_ids[] = $account_id; unset($account_lids[$key-1]); unset($account_lids[$key]); continue; } // Group, - remove the Group part if($account_lid == lang('Group')) { unset($account_lids[$key]); continue; } } $_account_lids = (is_array($_account_lids) ? $account_lids : implode(',',array_unique($account_lids))); return is_array( $_account_lids ) ? array_unique($account_ids) : implode( ',', array_unique((array)$account_ids )); } // end of member function account_lid2id /** * converts account_ids to account_lids * * @param mixed $_account_ids comma seperated list or array with ids * @return mixed comma seperated list or array with lids */ public static function account_id2name( $_account_id ) { $account_ids = is_array( $_account_id ) ? $_account_id : explode( ',', $_account_id ); foreach ( $account_ids as $account_id ) { if ( $account_lid = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->id2name( $account_id )) { $account_lids[] = $account_lid; } } return is_array( $_account_id ) ? $account_lids : implode( ',', (array)$account_lids ); } // end of member function account_id2lid /** * converts cat_id to a cat_name * * @param mixed _cat_ids comma seperated list or array * @return mixed comma seperated list or array with cat_names */ public static function cat_id2name( $_cat_ids ) { $cat_ids = is_array( $_cat_ids ) ? $_cat_ids : explode( ',', $_cat_ids ); foreach ( $cat_ids as $cat_id ) { $cat_names[] = categories::id2name( (int)$cat_id ); } return is_array( $_cat_ids ) ? $cat_names : implode(',',(array)$cat_names); } // end of member function category_id2name /** * converts cat_name to a cat_id. * If a cat isn't found, it will be created. * * @param mixed $_cat_names comma seperated list or array. * @param int $parent Optional parent ID to use for new categories * @return mixed comma seperated list or array with cat_ids */ public static function cat_name2id( $_cat_names, $parent = 0 ) { $cats = new categories(); // uses current user and app (egw_info[flags][currentapp]) $cat_names = is_array( $_cat_names ) ? $_cat_names : explode( ',', $_cat_names ); foreach ( $cat_names as $cat_name ) { $cat_name = trim($cat_name); if ( $cat_name == '' ) continue; if ( ( $cat_id = $cats->name2id( $cat_name ) ) == 0 && !self::$dry_run) { $cat_id = $cats->add( array( 'name' => $cat_name, 'parent' => $parent, 'access' => 'public', 'descr' => $cat_name. ' ('. lang('Automatically created by importexport'). ')' )); } $cat_ids[] = $cat_id; } return is_array( $_cat_names ) ? $cat_ids : implode( ',', (array)$cat_ids ); } // end of member function category_name2id /** * conversion * * Conversions enable you to change / adapt the content of each _record field for your needs. * General syntax is: pattern1 |> replacement1 || ... || patternN |> replacementN * If the pattern-part of a pair is ommited it will match everything ('^.*$'), which * is only usefull for the last pair, as they are worked from left to right. * Example: 1|>private||public * This will translate a '1' in the _record field to 'privat' and everything else to 'public'. * * In addintion to the fields assign by the pattern of the reg.exp. * you can use all other _record fields, with the syntax |[FIELDINDEX]. * Example: * Your record is: * array( 0 => Company, 1 => NFamily, 2 => NGiven * Your conversion string for field 0 (Company): * .+|>|[0]: |[1], |[2]|||[1], |[2] * This constructs something like * Company: FamilyName, GivenName or FamilyName, GivenName if 'Company' is empty. * * Moreover the following helper functions can be used: * cat(Cat1,...,CatN) returns a (','-separated) list with the cat_id's. If a * category isn't found, it will be automaticaly added. * * account(name) returns an account ID, if found in the system * list(sep, data, index) lets you explode a field on sep, then select just one part (index) * * Patterns as well as the replacement can be regular expressions (the replacement is done * via str_replace). * * @param array _record reference with record to do the conversion with * @param array _conversion array with conversion description * @param object &$cclass calling class to process the '@ evals' * @return bool */ public static function conversion( &$_record, $_conversion, &$_cclass = null ) { if (empty( $_conversion ) ) return $_record; self::$cclass =& $_cclass; $PSep = '||'; // Pattern-Separator, separats the pattern-replacement-pairs in conversion $ASep = '|>'; // Assignment-Separator, separats pattern and replacesment $CPre = '|['; $CPos = ']'; // |[_record-idx] is expanded to the corespondig value $TPre = '|T{'; $TPos = '}'; // |{_record-idx} is trimmed $CntlPre = '|TC{'; // Filter all cntl-chars \x01-\x1f and trim $CntlnCLPre = '|TCnCL{'; // Like |C{ but allowes CR and LF $INE = '|INE{'; // Only insert if stuff in ^^ is not empty foreach ( $_conversion as $idx => $conversion_string ) { if ( empty( $conversion_string ) ) continue; // fetch patterns ($rvalues) $rvalues = array(); $pat_reps = explode( $PSep, stripslashes( $conversion_string ) ); foreach( $pat_reps as $k => $pat_rep ) { list( $pattern, $replace ) = explode( $ASep, $pat_rep, 2 ); if( $replace == '' ) { $replace = $pattern; $pattern = '^.*$'; } $rvalues[$pattern] = $replace; // replace two with only one, added by the form } // conversion list may be longer than $_record aka (no_csv) $val = array_key_exists( $idx, $_record ) ? $_record[$idx] : ''; $c_functions = array('cat', 'account', 'strtotime', 'list'); if($_cclass) { // Add in additional methods $reflection = new ReflectionClass(get_class($_cclass)); $methods = $reflection->getMethods(ReflectionMethod::IS_STATIC); foreach($methods as $method) { $c_functions[] = $method->name; } } $c_functions = implode('|', $c_functions); foreach ( $rvalues as $pattern => $replace ) { // Allow to include record indexes in pattern $reg = '/\|\[([0-9]+)\]/'; while( preg_match( $reg, $pattern, $vars ) ) { // expand all _record fields $pattern = str_replace( $CPre . $vars[1] . $CPos, $_record[array_search($vars[1], array_keys($_record))], $pattern ); } if( preg_match('/'. (string)$pattern.'/', $val) ) { $val = preg_replace( '/'.(string)$pattern.'/', $replace, (string)$val ); $reg = '/\|\[([a-zA-Z_0-9]+)\]/'; while( preg_match( $reg, $val, $vars ) ) { // expand all _record fields $val = str_replace( $CPre . $vars[1] . $CPos, $_record[array_search($vars[1], array_keys($_record))], $val ); } $val = preg_replace_callback( "/($c_functions)\(([^)]*)\)/i", array( self, 'c2_dispatcher') , $val ); break; } } // clean each field $val = preg_replace_callback("/(\|T\{|\|TC\{|\|TCnCL\{|\|INE\{)(.*)\}/", array( self, 'strclean'), $val ); $_record[$idx] = $val; } return $_record; } // end of member function conversion /** * callback for preg_replace_callback from self::conversion. * This function gets called when 2nd level conversions are made, * like the cat() and account() statements in the conversions. * * @param array $_matches */ private static function c2_dispatcher( $_matches ) { $action = &$_matches[1]; // cat or account ... $data = &$_matches[2]; // datas for action switch ( $action ) { case 'strtotime' : list( $string, $format ) = explode( ',', $data ); return self::custom_strtotime( trim( $string ), trim( $format ) ); case 'list': list( $split, $data, $index) = explode(',',$data); $exploded = explode($split, $data); // 1 based indexing for user ease return $exploded[$index - 1]; default : if(self::$cclass && method_exists(self::$cclass, $action)) { $class = get_class(self::$cclass); return call_user_func("$class::$action", $data); } $method = (string)$action. ( is_int( $data ) ? '_id2name' : '_name2id' ); if(self::$cclass && method_exists(self::$cclass, $method)) { $class = get_class(self::$cclass); return call_user_func("$class::$action", $data); } else { return self::$method( $data ); } } } private static function strclean( $_matches ) { switch( $_matches[1] ) { case '|T{' : return trim( $_matches[2] ); case '|TC{' : return trim( preg_replace( '/[\x01-\x1F]+/', '', $_matches[2] ) ); case '|TCnCL{' : return trim( preg_replace( '/[\x01-\x09\x11\x12\x14-\x1F]+/', '', $_matches[2] ) ); case '|INE{' : return preg_match( '/\^.+\^/', $_matches[2] ) ? $_matches[2] : ''; default: throw new Exception('Error in conversion string! "'. substr( $_matches[1], 0, -1 ). '" is not valid!'); } } /** * returns a list of importexport plugins * * @param string $_tpye {import | export | all} * @param string $_appname { | all} * @return array( => array( => array( => ))) */ public static function get_plugins( $_appname = 'all', $_type = 'all' ) { $plugins = egw_cache::getTree( __CLASS__, 'plugins', array('importexport_helper_functions','_get_plugins'), array(array_keys($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']), array('import', 'export')), self::CACHE_EXPIRATION ); $appnames = $_appname == 'all' ? array_keys($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']) : (array)$_appname; $types = $_type == 'all' ? array('import','export') : (array)$_type; // Testing: comment out egw_cache call, use this //$plugins = self::_get_plugins($appnames, $types); foreach($plugins as $appname => $_types) { if(!in_array($appname, $appnames)) unset($plugins[$appname]); } foreach($plugins as $appname => $types) { $plugins[$appname] = array_intersect_key($plugins[$appname], $types); } return $plugins; } public static function _get_plugins(Array $appnames, Array $types) { $plugins = array(); foreach ($appnames as $appname) { if(array_key_exists($appname, self::$blacklist_files) && self::$blacklist_files[$appname] === true) continue; $appdir = EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT. "/$appname/inc"; if(!is_dir($appdir)) continue; $d = dir($appdir); // step through each file in appdir while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) { // Blacklisted? if(is_array(self::$blacklist_files[$appname]) && in_array($entry, self::$blacklist_files[$appname])) continue; if (!preg_match('/^class\.([^.]+)\.inc\.php$/', $entry, $matches)) continue; $classname = $matches[1]; $file = $appdir. '/'. $entry; foreach ($types as $type) { if( !is_file($file) || strpos($entry, $type) === false || strpos($entry,'wizard') !== false) continue; require_once($file); $reflectionClass = new ReflectionClass($classname); if($reflectionClass->IsInstantiable() && $reflectionClass->implementsInterface('importexport_iface_'.$type.'_plugin')) { try { $plugin_object = new $classname; } catch (Exception $exception) { continue; } $plugins[$appname][$type][$classname] = $plugin_object->get_name(); unset ($plugin_object); } } } $d->close(); $config = config::read('importexport'); if($config['update'] == 'auto') { self::load_defaults($appname); } } //error_log(__CLASS__.__FUNCTION__.print_r($plugins,true)); return $plugins; } /** * returns list of apps which have plugins of given type. * * @param string $_type * @return array $num => $appname */ public static function get_apps($_type, $ignore_acl = false) { $apps = array_keys(self::get_plugins('all',$_type)); if($ignore_acl) return $apps; foreach($apps as $key => $app) { if(!self::has_definitions($app, $_type)) unset($apps[$key]); } return $apps; } public static function load_defaults($appname) { // Check for new definitions to import from $appname/setup/*.xml $appdir = EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT. "/$appname/setup"; if(!is_dir($appdir)) return; $d = dir($appdir); // step through each file in app's setup while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) { $file = $appdir. '/'. $entry; list( $filename, $extension) = explode('.',$entry); if ( $extension != 'xml' ) continue; try { // import will skip invalid files importexport_definitions_bo::import( $file ); } catch (Exception $e) { error_log(__CLASS__.__FUNCTION__. " import $appname definitions: " . $e->getMessage()); } } $d->close(); } public static function guess_filetype( $_file ) { } /** * returns if the given app has importexport definitions for the current user * * @param string $_appname {<appname> | all} * @param string $_type {import | export | all} * @return boolean */ public static function has_definitions( $_appname = 'all', $_type = 'all' ) { $definitions = egw_cache::getSession( __CLASS__, 'has_definitions', array('importexport_helper_functions','_has_definitions'), array(array_keys($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']), array('import', 'export')), self::CACHE_EXPIRATION ); $appnames = $_appname == 'all' ? array_keys($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']) : (array)$_appname; $types = $_type == 'all' ? array('import','export') : (array)$_type; // Testing: Comment out cache call above, use this //$definitions = self::_has_definitions($appnames, $types); foreach($definitions as $appname => $_types) { if(!in_array($appname, $appnames)) unset($definitions[$appname]); } foreach($definitions as $appname => $_types) { $definitions[$appname] = array_intersect_key($definitions[$appname], array_flip($types)); } return count($definitions[$appname]) > 0; } // egw_cache needs this public public static function _has_definitions(Array $appnames, Array $types) { $def = new importexport_definitions_bo(array('application'=>$appnames, 'type' => $types)); $list = array(); foreach((array)$def->get_definitions() as $id) { // Need to instanciate it to check, but if the user doesn't have permission, it throws an exception try { $definition = new importexport_definition($id); if($def->is_permitted($definition->get_record_array())) { $list[$definition->application][$definition->type][] = $id; } } catch (Exception $e) { // That one doesn't work, keep going } $definition = null; } return $list; } /** * Get a list of filterable fields, and options for those fields * * It tries to automatically pull filterable fields from the list of fields in the wizard, * and sets widget properties. The plugin can edit / set the fields by implementing * get_filter_fields(Array &$fields). * * Currently only supports select,select-cat,select-account,date,date-time * * @param $app_name String name of app * @param $plugin_name Name of the plugin * * @return Array ([fieldname] => array(widget settings), ...) */ public static function get_filter_fields($app_name, $plugin_name, $wizard_plugin = null, $record_classname = null) { $fields = array(); try { if($record_classname == null) $record_classname = $app_name . '_egw_record'; if(!class_exists($record_classname)) throw new Exception('Bad class name ' . $record_classname); $plugin = is_object($plugin_name) ? $plugin_name : new $plugin_name(); $plugin_name = get_class($plugin); if(!$wizard_plugin) { $wizard_name = $app_name . '_wizard_' . str_replace($app_name . '_', '', $plugin_name); if(!class_exists($wizard_name)) throw new Exception('Bad wizard name ' . $wizard_name); $wizard_plugin = new $wizard_name; } } catch (Exception $e) { error_log($e->getMessage()); return array(); } // Get field -> label map and initialize fields using wizard field order $fields = $export_fields = array(); if(method_exists($wizard_plugin, 'get_export_fields')) { $fields = $export_fields = $wizard_plugin->get_export_fields(); } foreach($record_classname::$types as $type => $type_fields) { // Only these for now, until filter methods for others are figured out if(!in_array($type, array('select','select-cat','select-account','date','date-time'))) continue; foreach($type_fields as $field_name) { $fields[$field_name] = array( 'name' => $field_name, 'label' => $export_fields[$field_name] ? $export_fields[$field_name] : $field_name, 'type' => $type ); } } // Add custom fields $custom = config::get_customfields($app_name); foreach($custom as $field_name => $settings) { $settings['name'] = '#'.$field_name; $fields['#'.$field_name] = $settings; } foreach($fields as $field_name => &$settings) { // Can't really filter on these (or at least no generic, sane way figured out yet) if(!is_array($settings) || in_array($settings['type'], array('text','button', 'label','url','url-email','url-phone','htmlarea'))) { unset($fields[$field_name]); continue; } if($settings['type'] == 'radio') $settings['type'] = 'select'; switch($settings['type']) { case 'checkbox': // This isn't quite right - there's only 2 options and you can select both $settings['type'] = 'select-bool'; $settings['rows'] = 1; $settings['tags'] = true; break; case 'select-cat': $settings['rows'] = "5,,,$app_name"; $settings['tags'] = true; break; case 'select-account': $settings['account_type'] = 'both'; $settings['tags'] = true; break; case 'select': $settings['rows'] = 5; $settings['tags'] = true; break; } } if(method_exists($plugin, 'get_filter_fields')) { $plugin->get_filter_fields($fields); } return $fields; } /** * Parse a relative date (Yesterday) into absolute (2012-12-31) date * * @param $value String description of date matching $relative_dates * * @return Array([from] => timestamp, [to]=> timestamp), inclusive */ public static function date_rel2abs($value) { if(is_array($value)) { $abs = array(); foreach($value as $key => $val) { $abs[$key] = self::date_rel2abs($val); } return $abs; } if($date = self::$relative_dates[$value]) { $year = (int) date('Y'); $month = (int) date('m'); $day = (int) date('d'); $today = mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),date('d'),date('Y')); list($syear,$smonth,$sday,$sweek,$eyear,$emonth,$eday,$eweek) = $date; if(stripos($value, 'quarter') !== false) { // Handle quarters $start = mktime(0,0,0,((int)floor(($smonth+$month) / 3.1)) * 3 + 1, 1, $year); $end = mktime(0,0,0,((int)floor(($emonth+$month) / 3.1)+1) * 3 + 1, 1, $year); } elseif ($syear || $eyear) { $start = mktime(0,0,0,1,1,$syear+$year); $end = mktime(0,0,0,1,1,$eyear+$year); } elseif ($smonth || $emonth) { $start = mktime(0,0,0,$smonth+$month,1,$year); $end = mktime(0,0,0,$emonth+$month,1,$year); } elseif ($sday || $eday) { $start = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$sday+$day,$year); $end = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$eday+$day,$year); } elseif ($sweek || $eweek) { $wday = (int) date('w'); // 0=sun, ..., 6=sat switch($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['calendar']['weekdaystarts']) { case 'Sunday': $weekstart = $today - $wday * 24*60*60; break; case 'Saturday': $weekstart = $today - (6-$wday) * 24*60*60; break; case 'Moday': default: $weekstart = $today - ($wday ? $wday-1 : 6) * 24*60*60; break; } $start = $weekstart + $sweek*7*24*60*60; $end = $weekstart + $eweek*7*24*60*60; } $end_param = $end - 24*60*60; // Take 1 second off end to provide an inclusive range.for filtering $end -= 1; //echo __METHOD__."($value,$start,$end) today=".date('l, Y-m-d H:i',$today)." ==> <br />".date('l, Y-m-d H:i:s',$start)." <= date <= ".date('l, Y-m-d H:i:s',$end)."</p>\n"; return array('from' => $start, 'to' => $end); } return null; } } // end of importexport_helper_functions