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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2015 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+#  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for
+#  more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#  along with Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+Import Handlers
+"""
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import logging
+
+from rattail.util import OrderedDict
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ImportHandler(object):
+    """
+    Base class for all import handlers.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, session=None):
+        self.config = config
+        self.session = session
+        self.importers = self.get_importers()
+
+    def get_importers(self):
+        """
+        Returns a dict of all available importers, where the values are
+        importer factories.  All subclasses will want to override this.  Note
+        that if you return an ``OrderedDict`` instance, you can affect the
+        ordering of keys in the command line help system, etc.
+        """
+        return {}
+
+    def get_importer_keys(self):
+        """
+        Returns a list of keys corresponding to the available importers.
+        """
+        return list(self.importers.iterkeys())
+
+    def get_importer(self, key):
+        """
+        Returns an importer instance corresponding to the given key.
+        """
+        return self.importers[key](self.config, self.session,
+                                   **self.get_importer_kwargs(key))
+
+    def get_importer_kwargs(self, key):
+        """
+        Return a dict of kwargs to be used when construcing an importer with
+        the given key.
+        """
+        return {}
+
+    def import_data(self, keys, max_updates=None, progress=None):
+        """
+        Import all data for the given importer keys.
+        """
+        self.before_import()
+        updates = OrderedDict()
+
+        for key in keys:
+            provider = self.get_importer(key)
+            if not provider:
+                log.warning("unknown importer; skipping: {0}".format(repr(key)))
+                continue
+
+            data = provider.get_data(progress=progress)
+            created, updated = provider.importer.import_data(
+                data, provider.supported_fields, provider.key,
+                max_updates=max_updates, progress=progress)
+
+            if hasattr(provider, 'process_deletions'):
+                deleted = provider.process_deletions(data, progress=progress)
+            else:
+                deleted = 0
+
+            log.info("added {0}, updated {1}, deleted {2} {3} records".format(
+                len(created), len(updated), deleted, key))
+            if created or updated or deleted:
+                updates[key] = created, updated, deleted
+
+        self.after_import()
+        return updates
+
+    def before_import(self):
+        return 
+
+    def after_import(self):
+        return