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+import io
+import os
+import re
+import abc
+import csv
+import sys
+import email
+import pathlib
+import zipfile
+import operator
+import functools
+import itertools
+import posixpath
+import collections
+
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+from contextlib import suppress
+from importlib import import_module
+from importlib.abc import MetaPathFinder
+from itertools import starmap
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    'Distribution',
+    'DistributionFinder',
+    'PackageNotFoundError',
+    'distribution',
+    'distributions',
+    'entry_points',
+    'files',
+    'metadata',
+    'requires',
+    'version',
+    ]
+
+
+class PackageNotFoundError(ModuleNotFoundError):
+    """The package was not found."""
+
+
+class EntryPoint(
+        collections.namedtuple('EntryPointBase', 'name value group')):
+    """An entry point as defined by Python packaging conventions.
+
+    See `the packaging docs on entry points
+    <https://packaging.python.org/specifications/entry-points/>`_
+    for more information.
+    """
+
+    pattern = re.compile(
+        r'(?P<module>[\w.]+)\s*'
+        r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+))?\s*'
+        r'(?P<extras>\[.*\])?\s*$'
+        )
+    """
+    A regular expression describing the syntax for an entry point,
+    which might look like:
+
+        - module
+        - package.module
+        - package.module:attribute
+        - package.module:object.attribute
+        - package.module:attr [extra1, extra2]
+
+    Other combinations are possible as well.
+
+    The expression is lenient about whitespace around the ':',
+    following the attr, and following any extras.
+    """
+
+    def load(self):
+        """Load the entry point from its definition. If only a module
+        is indicated by the value, return that module. Otherwise,
+        return the named object.
+        """
+        match = self.pattern.match(self.value)
+        module = import_module(match.group('module'))
+        attrs = filter(None, (match.group('attr') or '').split('.'))
+        return functools.reduce(getattr, attrs, module)
+
+    @property
+    def extras(self):
+        match = self.pattern.match(self.value)
+        return list(re.finditer(r'\w+', match.group('extras') or ''))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_config(cls, config):
+        return [
+            cls(name, value, group)
+            for group in config.sections()
+            for name, value in config.items(group)
+            ]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_text(cls, text):
+        config = ConfigParser(delimiters='=')
+        # case sensitive: https://stackoverflow.com/q/1611799/812183
+        config.optionxform = str
+        try:
+            config.read_string(text)
+        except AttributeError:  # pragma: nocover
+            # Python 2 has no read_string
+            config.readfp(io.StringIO(text))
+        return EntryPoint._from_config(config)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """
+        Supply iter so one may construct dicts of EntryPoints easily.
+        """
+        return iter((self.name, self))
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        return (
+            self.__class__,
+            (self.name, self.value, self.group),
+            )
+
+
+class PackagePath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
+    """A reference to a path in a package"""
+
+    def read_text(self, encoding='utf-8'):
+        with self.locate().open(encoding=encoding) as stream:
+            return stream.read()
+
+    def read_binary(self):
+        with self.locate().open('rb') as stream:
+            return stream.read()
+
+    def locate(self):
+        """Return a path-like object for this path"""
+        return self.dist.locate_file(self)
+
+
+class FileHash:
+    def __init__(self, spec):
+        self.mode, _, self.value = spec.partition('=')
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<FileHash mode: {} value: {}>'.format(self.mode, self.value)
+
+
+class Distribution:
+    """A Python distribution package."""
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def read_text(self, filename):
+        """Attempt to load metadata file given by the name.
+
+        :param filename: The name of the file in the distribution info.
+        :return: The text if found, otherwise None.
+        """
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def locate_file(self, path):
+        """
+        Given a path to a file in this distribution, return a path
+        to it.
+        """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_name(cls, name):
+        """Return the Distribution for the given package name.
+
+        :param name: The name of the distribution package to search for.
+        :return: The Distribution instance (or subclass thereof) for the named
+            package, if found.
+        :raises PackageNotFoundError: When the named package's distribution
+            metadata cannot be found.
+        """
+        for resolver in cls._discover_resolvers():
+            dists = resolver(DistributionFinder.Context(name=name))
+            dist = next(dists, None)
+            if dist is not None:
+                return dist
+        else:
+            raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def discover(cls, **kwargs):
+        """Return an iterable of Distribution objects for all packages.
+
+        Pass a ``context`` or pass keyword arguments for constructing
+        a context.
+
+        :context: A ``DistributionFinder.Context`` object.
+        :return: Iterable of Distribution objects for all packages.
+        """
+        context = kwargs.pop('context', None)
+        if context and kwargs:
+            raise ValueError("cannot accept context and kwargs")
+        context = context or DistributionFinder.Context(**kwargs)
+        return itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            resolver(context)
+            for resolver in cls._discover_resolvers()
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def at(path):
+        """Return a Distribution for the indicated metadata path
+
+        :param path: a string or path-like object
+        :return: a concrete Distribution instance for the path
+        """
+        return PathDistribution(pathlib.Path(path))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _discover_resolvers():
+        """Search the meta_path for resolvers."""
+        declared = (
+            getattr(finder, 'find_distributions', None)
+            for finder in sys.meta_path
+            )
+        return filter(None, declared)
+
+    @property
+    def metadata(self):
+        """Return the parsed metadata for this Distribution.
+
+        The returned object will have keys that name the various bits of
+        metadata.  See PEP 566 for details.
+        """
+        text = (
+            self.read_text('METADATA')
+            or self.read_text('PKG-INFO')
+            # This last clause is here to support old egg-info files.  Its
+            # effect is to just end up using the PathDistribution's self._path
+            # (which points to the egg-info file) attribute unchanged.
+            or self.read_text('')
+            )
+        return email.message_from_string(text)
+
+    @property
+    def version(self):
+        """Return the 'Version' metadata for the distribution package."""
+        return self.metadata['Version']
+
+    @property
+    def entry_points(self):
+        return EntryPoint._from_text(self.read_text('entry_points.txt'))
+
+    @property
+    def files(self):
+        """Files in this distribution.
+
+        :return: List of PackagePath for this distribution or None
+
+        Result is `None` if the metadata file that enumerates files
+        (i.e. RECORD for dist-info or SOURCES.txt for egg-info) is
+        missing.
+        Result may be empty if the metadata exists but is empty.
+        """
+        file_lines = self._read_files_distinfo() or self._read_files_egginfo()
+
+        def make_file(name, hash=None, size_str=None):
+            result = PackagePath(name)
+            result.hash = FileHash(hash) if hash else None
+            result.size = int(size_str) if size_str else None
+            result.dist = self
+            return result
+
+        return file_lines and list(starmap(make_file, csv.reader(file_lines)))
+
+    def _read_files_distinfo(self):
+        """
+        Read the lines of RECORD
+        """
+        text = self.read_text('RECORD')
+        return text and text.splitlines()
+
+    def _read_files_egginfo(self):
+        """
+        SOURCES.txt might contain literal commas, so wrap each line
+        in quotes.
+        """
+        text = self.read_text('SOURCES.txt')
+        return text and map('"{}"'.format, text.splitlines())
+
+    @property
+    def requires(self):
+        """Generated requirements specified for this Distribution"""
+        reqs = self._read_dist_info_reqs() or self._read_egg_info_reqs()
+        return reqs and list(reqs)
+
+    def _read_dist_info_reqs(self):
+        return self.metadata.get_all('Requires-Dist')
+
+    def _read_egg_info_reqs(self):
+        source = self.read_text('requires.txt')
+        return source and self._deps_from_requires_text(source)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _deps_from_requires_text(cls, source):
+        section_pairs = cls._read_sections(source.splitlines())
+        sections = {
+            section: list(map(operator.itemgetter('line'), results))
+            for section, results in
+            itertools.groupby(section_pairs, operator.itemgetter('section'))
+            }
+        return cls._convert_egg_info_reqs_to_simple_reqs(sections)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _read_sections(lines):
+        section = None
+        for line in filter(None, lines):
+            section_match = re.match(r'\[(.*)\]$', line)
+            if section_match:
+                section = section_match.group(1)
+                continue
+            yield locals()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _convert_egg_info_reqs_to_simple_reqs(sections):
+        """
+        Historically, setuptools would solicit and store 'extra'
+        requirements, including those with environment markers,
+        in separate sections. More modern tools expect each
+        dependency to be defined separately, with any relevant
+        extras and environment markers attached directly to that
+        requirement. This method converts the former to the
+        latter. See _test_deps_from_requires_text for an example.
+        """
+        def make_condition(name):
+            return name and 'extra == "{name}"'.format(name=name)
+
+        def parse_condition(section):
+            section = section or ''
+            extra, sep, markers = section.partition(':')
+            if extra and markers:
+                markers = '({markers})'.format(markers=markers)
+            conditions = list(filter(None, [markers, make_condition(extra)]))
+            return '; ' + ' and '.join(conditions) if conditions else ''
+
+        for section, deps in sections.items():
+            for dep in deps:
+                yield dep + parse_condition(section)
+
+
+class DistributionFinder(MetaPathFinder):
+    """
+    A MetaPathFinder capable of discovering installed distributions.
+    """
+
+    class Context:
+        """
+        Keyword arguments presented by the caller to
+        ``distributions()`` or ``Distribution.discover()``
+        to narrow the scope of a search for distributions
+        in all DistributionFinders.
+
+        Each DistributionFinder may expect any parameters
+        and should attempt to honor the canonical
+        parameters defined below when appropriate.
+        """
+
+        name = None
+        """
+        Specific name for which a distribution finder should match.
+        A name of ``None`` matches all distributions.
+        """
+
+        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+            vars(self).update(kwargs)
+
+        @property
+        def path(self):
+            """
+            The path that a distribution finder should search.
+
+            Typically refers to Python package paths and defaults
+            to ``sys.path``.
+            """
+            return vars(self).get('path', sys.path)
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def find_distributions(self, context=Context()):
+        """
+        Find distributions.
+
+        Return an iterable of all Distribution instances capable of
+        loading the metadata for packages matching the ``context``,
+        a DistributionFinder.Context instance.
+        """
+
+
+class FastPath:
+    """
+    Micro-optimized class for searching a path for
+    children.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, root):
+        self.root = root
+        self.base = os.path.basename(root).lower()
+
+    def joinpath(self, child):
+        return pathlib.Path(self.root, child)
+
+    def children(self):
+        with suppress(Exception):
+            return os.listdir(self.root or '')
+        with suppress(Exception):
+            return self.zip_children()
+        return []
+
+    def zip_children(self):
+        zip_path = zipfile.Path(self.root)
+        names = zip_path.root.namelist()
+        self.joinpath = zip_path.joinpath
+
+        return (
+            posixpath.split(child)[0]
+            for child in names
+            )
+
+    def is_egg(self, search):
+        base = self.base
+        return (
+            base == search.versionless_egg_name
+            or base.startswith(search.prefix)
+            and base.endswith('.egg'))
+
+    def search(self, name):
+        for child in self.children():
+            n_low = child.lower()
+            if (n_low in name.exact_matches
+                    or n_low.startswith(name.prefix)
+                    and n_low.endswith(name.suffixes)
+                    # legacy case:
+                    or self.is_egg(name) and n_low == 'egg-info'):
+                yield self.joinpath(child)
+
+
+class Prepared:
+    """
+    A prepared search for metadata on a possibly-named package.
+    """
+    normalized = ''
+    prefix = ''
+    suffixes = '.dist-info', '.egg-info'
+    exact_matches = [''][:0]
+    versionless_egg_name = ''
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        if name is None:
+            return
+        self.normalized = name.lower().replace('-', '_')
+        self.prefix = self.normalized + '-'
+        self.exact_matches = [
+            self.normalized + suffix for suffix in self.suffixes]
+        self.versionless_egg_name = self.normalized + '.egg'
+
+
+class MetadataPathFinder(DistributionFinder):
+    @classmethod
+    def find_distributions(cls, context=DistributionFinder.Context()):
+        """
+        Find distributions.
+
+        Return an iterable of all Distribution instances capable of
+        loading the metadata for packages matching ``context.name``
+        (or all names if ``None`` indicated) along the paths in the list
+        of directories ``context.path``.
+        """
+        found = cls._search_paths(context.name, context.path)
+        return map(PathDistribution, found)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _search_paths(cls, name, paths):
+        """Find metadata directories in paths heuristically."""
+        return itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            path.search(Prepared(name))
+            for path in map(FastPath, paths)
+            )
+
+
+
+class PathDistribution(Distribution):
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        """Construct a distribution from a path to the metadata directory.
+
+        :param path: A pathlib.Path or similar object supporting
+                     .joinpath(), __div__, .parent, and .read_text().
+        """
+        self._path = path
+
+    def read_text(self, filename):
+        with suppress(FileNotFoundError, IsADirectoryError, KeyError,
+                      NotADirectoryError, PermissionError):
+            return self._path.joinpath(filename).read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+    read_text.__doc__ = Distribution.read_text.__doc__
+
+    def locate_file(self, path):
+        return self._path.parent / path
+
+
+def distribution(distribution_name):
+    """Get the ``Distribution`` instance for the named package.
+
+    :param distribution_name: The name of the distribution package as a string.
+    :return: A ``Distribution`` instance (or subclass thereof).
+    """
+    return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
+
+
+def distributions(**kwargs):
+    """Get all ``Distribution`` instances in the current environment.
+
+    :return: An iterable of ``Distribution`` instances.
+    """
+    return Distribution.discover(**kwargs)
+
+
+def metadata(distribution_name):
+    """Get the metadata for the named package.
+
+    :param distribution_name: The name of the distribution package to query.
+    :return: An email.Message containing the parsed metadata.
+    """
+    return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name).metadata
+
+
+def version(distribution_name):
+    """Get the version string for the named package.
+
+    :param distribution_name: The name of the distribution package to query.
+    :return: The version string for the package as defined in the package's
+        "Version" metadata key.
+    """
+    return distribution(distribution_name).version
+
+
+def entry_points():
+    """Return EntryPoint objects for all installed packages.
+
+    :return: EntryPoint objects for all installed packages.
+    """
+    eps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+        dist.entry_points for dist in distributions())
+    by_group = operator.attrgetter('group')
+    ordered = sorted(eps, key=by_group)
+    grouped = itertools.groupby(ordered, by_group)
+    return {
+        group: tuple(eps)
+        for group, eps in grouped
+        }
+
+
+def files(distribution_name):
+    """Return a list of files for the named package.
+
+    :param distribution_name: The name of the distribution package to query.
+    :return: List of files composing the distribution.
+    """
+    return distribution(distribution_name).files
+
+
+def requires(distribution_name):
+    """
+    Return a list of requirements for the named package.
+
+    :return: An iterator of requirements, suitable for
+    packaging.requirement.Requirement.
+    """
+    return distribution(distribution_name).requires