def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def ProcessCommandLineArgs(parser, args):
  # TODO(ariblue): Delete this flag entirely at some future data, when the
  # existence of such a flag has been long forgotten.
  if args.output_file:
    parser.error('This flag is deprecated. Please use --output-dir instead.')

  try:
    os.makedirs(args.output_dir)
  except OSError:
    # Do nothing if the output directory already exists. Existing files will
    # get overwritten.
    pass

  args.output_dir = os.path.expanduser(args.output_dir)