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+"""
+Copyright (c) 2004, CherryPy Team (team@cherrypy.org)
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, 
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
+      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+      and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of the CherryPy Team nor the names of its contributors 
+      may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 
+      without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND 
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE 
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+"""
+
+
+"""
+A module containing a few utility classes/functions used by CherryPy
+"""
+
+import time, thread, cpg, _cpdefaults, cperror
+
+try: import zlib
+except ImportError: pass
+
+class EmptyClass:
+    """ An empty class """
+    pass
+
+def getSpecialFunction(name):
+    """ Return the special function """
+
+    # First, we look in the right-most object if this special function is implemented.
+    # If not, then we try the previous object and so on until we reach cpg.root
+    # If it's still not there, we use the implementation from the
+    # "_cpdefaults.py" module
+    
+
+    moduleList = [_cpdefaults]
+    root = getattr(cpg, 'root', None)
+    if root:
+        moduleList.append(root)
+        # Try object path
+        try:
+            path = cpg.request.objectPath or cpg.request.path
+        except:
+            path = '/'
+        if path:
+            pathList = path.split('/')[1:]
+
+            obj = cpg.root
+            previousObj = None
+            # Successively get objects from the path
+            for newObj in pathList:
+                previousObj = obj
+                try:
+                    obj = getattr(obj, newObj)
+                    moduleList.append(obj)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    break
+
+    moduleList.reverse()
+    for module in moduleList:
+        func = getattr(module, name, None)
+        if func != None:
+            return func
+
+    raise cperror.InternalError, "Special function %s could not be found" % repr(name)
+