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diff --git a/groupthink/dbus_tools.py b/groupthink/dbus_tools.py
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+import dbus
+
+inttypes = (dbus.Int16, dbus.Int32, dbus.Int64, 
+                  dbus.Byte, dbus.UInt16, dbus.UInt32, dbus.UInt64)
+booltypes = (dbus.Boolean)
+floattypes = (dbus.Double)
+strtypes = (dbus.ByteArray, dbus.String, dbus.UTF8String, dbus.Signature,
+                   dbus.ObjectPath)
+
+def undbox(x):
+    if isinstance(x, inttypes):
+        return int(x)
+    elif isinstance(x, booltypes):
+        return bool(x)
+    elif isinstance(x, strtypes):
+        return str(x)
+    elif isinstance(x, floattypes):
+        return float(x)
+    elif isinstance(x, (dbus.Struct, tuple)):
+        return tuple(undbox(y) for y in x)
+    elif isinstance(x, (dbus.Array, list)):
+        return [undbox(y) for y in x]
+    elif isinstance(x, (dbus.Dictionary, dict)):
+        return dict((undbox(a),undbox(b)) for (a,b) in x.iteritems())
+    else:
+        return x