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+# Copyright (c) 2020 Deutsche Telekom.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+
+import yaml
+
+from deprecated import deprecated
+
+
+def yaml_to_dict(filepath):
+ # type: (str) -> dict
+ """YAML to Python dict converter.
+
+ Args:
+ filepath : The filepath to a YAML file.
+ Returns:
+ dict : Python dictionary object.
+ """
+ with open(filepath, 'rt') as f:
+ return yaml.load(f.read())
+
+
+@deprecated(reason="Will be removed. Call yaml_to_dict(filepath) instead.")
+def _yaml2Dict(filename):
+ """YAML to dict. See yaml_to_dict(filepath)."""
+ return yaml_to_dict(filename)