def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def encode(self):
        return {
            'af': ip_address(self.gaddr).vapi_af,
            'grp_address': {
                ip_address(self.gaddr).vapi_af_name: self.gaddr
            },
            'src_address': {
                ip_address(self.saddr).vapi_af_name: self.saddr
            },
            'grp_address_length': self.glen,
        }