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+# Copyright (c) 2020 Deutsche Telekom.
+# 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.
+
+import yaml
+
+from deprecated import deprecated
+
+
+def yaml_to_dict(filepath):
+    # type: (str) -> dict
+    """YAML to Python dict converter.
+
+    Args:
+        filepath    : The filepath to a YAML file.
+    Returns:
+        dict        : Python dictionary object.
+    """
+    with open(filepath, 'rt') as f:
+        return yaml.load(f.read())
+
+
+@deprecated(reason="Will be removed. Call yaml_to_dict(filepath) instead.")
+def _yaml2Dict(filename):
+    """YAML to dict. See yaml_to_dict(filepath)."""
+    return yaml_to_dict(filename)