new_contents: #!\usr\bin\env python
  
  """A test script to parse the existing samples and convert them to JSON.
  
  Not all of the examples currently work.
  
  Example usage:
      python convert_samples.py /path/to/cybox_v2.0_samples
  """
  
  import os
  import sys
  
  import cybox.bindings.cybox_core as core_binding
  from cybox.core import Observables
  
  
  def from_file(filename):
      cybox_obj = core_binding.parse(os.path.abspath(filename))
      return Observables.from_obj(cybox_obj)
  
  
  def main():
      if len(sys.argv) < 2:
          print "Argument required"
          return
  
      # The argument should be a directory containing XML files.
      d = sys.argv[1]
      output_dir = os.path.join(d, "json")
      if not os.path.exists(output_dir):
          os.mkdir(output_dir)
  
      if not os.path.isdir(output_dir):
          print "{0} exists and is not a directory.".format(output_dir)
          return
  
      for f in os.listdir(sys.argv[1]):
          orig_file = os.path.join(d, f)
          if not os.path.isfile(orig_file):
              return
          output_fn = "{0}.json".format(os.path.splitext(f)[0])
          output_fn = os.path.join(output_dir, output_fn)
          with open(output_fn, "wt") as f:
              try:
                  f.write(from_file(orig_file).to_json())
              except Exception as e:
                  print "---------------------------------"
                  print "ERROR with {0}".format(orig_file)
                  print e
                  continue
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      main()
  
subject: Add test script for existing samples