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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import os
+from keyword_substitution import keyword_substitute, Verbosity, log_print
+
+VERBOSITY = Verbosity.warning
+log_print(Verbosity.debug, "Setting verbosity to", VERBOSITY, verbosity=VERBOSITY)
+
+controlsymbol = "@!GENERATOR"
+controlblockstart = "@!GENERATOR_BLOCK_START!@"
+controlblockend = "@!GENERATOR_BLOCK_END!@"
+controlconditionstart = "@!GENERATOR_CONDITIONAL_START!@"
+controlconditionelse = "@!GENERATOR_CONDITIONAL_ELSE!@"
+controlconditionend = "@!GENERATOR_CONDITIONAL_END!@"
+control_print_iteration_counter = "@!GENERATOR_ITERATION_COUNTER!@"
+control_print_donotedit_warning = "@!GENERATOR_DONOTEDIT_WARNING!@"
+
+donotedit_warning = "/*********** " + \
+                    "WARNING: This is an auto-generated file. Do not edit!" + \
+                    " ***********/\n"
+
+# All operations assume tf-m repo root as active working directory
+
+# Functions
+def generate(db, outfile_name):
+    outfile = \
+        open(outfile_name, "w")
+    with open(outfile_name + '.template', "r") as template_file:
+        template = template_file.readlines()
+
+    output = []
+    blocks = []
+    blocklines = []
+    MISSING_KEYS_ACTION = 'replace False'
+    inblock = False
+    iteration_counter = 0
+    for lineno, line in enumerate(template):
+        if controlblockstart in line:
+            inblock = True
+            log_print(Verbosity.info, "Blockstart:", str(lineno))
+            blocklines = []
+        elif controlblockend in line:
+            inblock = False
+            iteration_counter = 0
+            log_print(Verbosity.info, "Blocklines:", str(blocklines))
+            for manifest in db:
+                print_blocked = False
+                for line in blocklines:
+                    outlist = keyword_substitute(manifest, line, MISSING_KEYS_ACTION)
+                    outstring = ""
+                    for outline in outlist:
+                        outstring += ''.join(outline)
+                    log_print(Verbosity.info, outstring)
+                    if controlconditionstart in outstring:
+                        if 'False' in outstring:
+                            log_print(Verbosity.info, "PRINT BLOCKED")
+                            print_blocked = True
+                    elif controlconditionend in outstring:
+                        log_print(Verbosity.info, "PRINT ENABLED")
+                        print_blocked = False
+                    elif controlconditionelse in outstring:
+                        log_print(Verbosity.info, "PRINT " + str(print_blocked))
+                        print_blocked = not print_blocked
+                    else:
+                        if control_print_iteration_counter in outstring:
+                            outstring = outstring.replace(
+                                            control_print_iteration_counter,
+                                            str(iteration_counter))
+                        elif controlsymbol in outstring:
+                            print "Invalid control symbol:", outstring
+                            print "exiting"
+                            exit(1)
+                        if not print_blocked:
+                            outfile.write(outstring)
+                iteration_counter += 1
+                # end for manifest in db
+            blocks.append(blocklines)
+        elif inblock:
+            # inside a generator block
+            # append line to blocklines to be processed by template generator
+            blocklines.append(line)
+        else:
+            # outside a generator block
+            if control_print_donotedit_warning in line:
+                # print do not edit warning - Note: ignore rest of input line
+                line = donotedit_warning
+            elif control_print_iteration_counter in line:
+                # line contains an iteration counter request, replace with value
+                line = line.replace(control_print_iteration_counter, str(iteration_counter))
+            elif controlsymbol in line:
+                print "Invalid control symbol:", line
+                print "exiting"
+                exit(1)
+            outfile.write(line)
+    log_print(Verbosity.debug, "Blocks:" + str(blocks))
+    outfile.close()
+# def generate()
+
+def generate_from_template_file(db, file_list):
+    for file in file_list:
+        outfile = file["output"]
+        generate(db, outfile)