def importHelper(self, struct):
        m = StrStrHashMap()
        keysAndValues = struct.get(self.__field)
        for i in range(0, len(keysAndValues), 2):
            m[keysAndValues[i]] = keysAndValues[i+1]
        return m
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)