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+#! python
+#
+# Python Serial Port Extension for Win32, Linux, BSD, Jython
+# see __init__.py
+#
+# This module implements a special URL handler that uses the port listing to
+# find ports by searching the string descriptions.
+#
+# (C) 2011 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net>
+# this is distributed under a free software license, see license.txt
+#
+# URL format:    hwgrep://regexp
+
+import serial
+import serial.tools.list_ports
+
+class Serial(serial.Serial):
+    """Just inherit the native Serial port implementation and patch the open function."""
+
+    def setPort(self, value):
+        """translate port name before storing it"""
+        if isinstance(value, basestring) and value.startswith('hwgrep://'):
+            serial.Serial.setPort(self, self.fromURL(value))
+        else:
+            serial.Serial.setPort(self, value)
+
+    def fromURL(self, url):
+        """extract host and port from an URL string"""
+        if url.lower().startswith("hwgrep://"): url = url[9:]
+        # use a for loop to get the 1st element from the generator
+        for port, desc, hwid in serial.tools.list_ports.grep(url):
+            return port
+        else:
+            raise serial.SerialException('no ports found matching regexp %r' % (url,))
+
+    # override property
+    port = property(serial.Serial.getPort, setPort, doc="Port setting")
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    #~ s = Serial('hwgrep://ttyS0')
+    s = Serial(None)
+    s.port = 'hwgrep://ttyS0'
+    print s
+