def condition_input(args, kwargs):
    '''
    Return a single arg structure for the publisher to safely use
    '''
    ret = []
    for arg in args:
        if (six.PY3 and isinstance(arg, six.integer_types) and salt.utils.jid.is_jid(six.text_type(arg))) or \
        (six.PY2 and isinstance(arg, long)):  # pylint: disable=incompatible-py3-code,undefined-variable
            ret.append(six.text_type(arg))
        else:
            ret.append(arg)
    if isinstance(kwargs, dict) and kwargs:
        kw_ = {'__kwarg__': True}
        for key, val in six.iteritems(kwargs):
            kw_[key] = val
        return ret + [kw_]
    return ret
Return a single arg structure for the publisher to safely use