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+"""
+Copyright 2015 Rackspace
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+import string
+
+from cloudcafe.compute.events.pipeline_utilities import PipelineTask
+
+
+def generate_field_validators(validator_params):
+    """Generate pipeline tasks to validate dictionary fields
+
+    Generate a list of validation PipelineTask objects based on
+    a list of input tuples.
+
+    Args:
+        validator_params (list): List of tuples of the form
+            (key, expected_value). The key can be for a nested value,
+            in which case the full path is delimited with '/' chars.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: A list of PipelineTask objects that expect a 'payload'
+            and check that the value corresponding to the provided
+            key matches the expected value.
+
+    Example:
+        validator_params = [('a': 'Item 1'), ('b/c': 'Item 2')]
+        payload = {
+            'a': 'Item 1',
+            'b': {'c': 'Item 2'}
+            }
+        This input would produce pipeline tasks that would
+        successfully validate the payload.
+    """
+    validators = []
+
+    for v in validator_params:
+        field, expected = v
+
+        def make_check(field, expected):
+            class Check(PipelineTask):
+                inputs = ['payload']
+
+                @classmethod
+                def task(cls, data):
+                    value = _get_nested_dict_value(data['payload'], field)
+
+                    if value == expected:
+                        return cls.succeeded(data)
+                    else:
+                        msg = '{field} was {value}, expected {expected}'
+                        return cls.failed(msg.format(
+                            field=field, value=value, expected=expected))
+
+            return Check
+
+        check = make_check(field, expected)
+        name = string.capwords(field, '_').replace('_', '')
+        check.__name__ = 'Check{}'.format(name)
+
+        validators.append(check)
+
+    return validators
+
+
+def _get_nested_dict_value(input_dict, key):
+
+    parts = key.split('/')
+
+    try:
+        value = reduce(dict.__getitem__, parts, input_dict)
+    except KeyError:
+        value = None
+    return value