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diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/misc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/misc.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+def toList(obj, obj_type, obj_name="Object"):
+    if isinstance(obj, obj_type):
+        return [obj]
+    elif isinstance(obj, list):
+        return obj
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("%s must be %s or list" % (obj_name, obj_type))
+
+def toSet(obj, obj_type, obj_name="Object"):
+    if isinstance(obj, obj_type):
+        return {obj}
+    elif isinstance(obj, list):
+        return set(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, set):
+        return obj
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("%s must be %s or set" % (obj_name, obj_type))
+
+def strToList(obj, obj_name="Object"):
+    return toList(obj, str, obj_name)
+
+def strToSet(obj, obj_name="Object"):
+    return toSet(obj, str, obj_name)
+
+def intToList(obj, obj_name="Object"):
+    return toList(obj, int, obj_name)
+
+def dataStoteToDict(d, variables):
+    data = {}
+
+    for v in variables:
+        data[v] = d.getVar(v, True)
+
+    return data