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  #
  #  WPS input and output parameters and data types
  #
  # Project: EOxServer <http://eoxserver.org>
  # Authors: Martin Paces <martin.paces@eox.at>
  #
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  from .base import Parameter
  from .literaldata import LiteralData
  from .complexdata import (
      ComplexData, CDBase, CDObject, CDTextBuffer, CDByteBuffer,
      CDAsciiTextBuffer, CDFile, CDPermanentFile,
  )
  from .formats import (
      Format, FormatText, FormatXML, FormatJSON,
      FormatBinaryRaw, FormatBinaryBase64,
  )
  from .codecs import Codec, CodecBase64, CodecRaw
  from .bboxdata import BoundingBox, BoundingBoxData
  from .units import UnitOfMeasure, UnitLinear
  from .allowed_values import (
      BaseAllowed, AllowedAny, AllowedEnum, AllowedRange,
      AllowedRangeCollection, AllowedByReference
  )
  from .data_types import (
      DTYPES, BaseType, Boolean, Integer, Double, String,
      Duration, Date, Time, DateTime
  )
  from .crs import CRSType
  from .inputs import InputReference, InputData
  from .response_form import (
      Output, ResponseForm, ResponseDocument, RawDataOutput
  )
  
  def fix_parameter(name, prm):
      """ Expand short-hand definition of the parameter."""
      if isinstance(prm, Parameter):
          return prm
      return LiteralData(name, dtype=prm)
  