5 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.cpp b/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.cpp
index 3f2d56e4c32..c98f1f1c8f0 100644
--- a/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.cpp
+++ b/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.cpp
@@ -1737,3 +1737,52 @@ IcePy::getCommunicatorWrapper(const Ice::CommunicatorPtr& communicator)
     Py_INCREF(obj->wrapper);
     return obj->wrapper;
 }
+
+extern "C"
+PyObject*
+IcePy_identityToString(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* obj)
+{
+    Ice::Identity id;
+    if(!getIdentity(obj, id))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    string str;
+
+    try
+    {
+        str = Ice::identityToString(id);
+    }
+    catch(const Ice::Exception& ex)
+    {
+        setPythonException(ex);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return createString(str);
+}
+
+extern "C"
+PyObject*
+IcePy_stringToIdentity(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* obj)
+{
+    string str;
+    if(!getStringArg(obj, "str", str))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    Ice::Identity id;
+    try
+    {
+        id = Ice::stringToIdentity(str);
+    }
+    catch(const Ice::Exception& ex)
+    {
+        setPythonException(ex);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return createIdentity(id);
+}
diff --git a/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.h b/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.h
index 3f2ac0452c3..c83c2898aae 100644
--- a/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.h
+++ b/python/modules/IcePy/Communicator.h
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ extern "C" PyObject* IcePy_initializeWithProperties(PyObject*, PyObject*);
 extern "C" PyObject* IcePy_initializeWithLogger(PyObject*, PyObject*);
 extern "C" PyObject* IcePy_initializeWithPropertiesAndLogger(PyObject*, PyObject*);
 
+extern "C" PyObject* IcePy_identityToString(PyObject*, PyObject*);
+extern "C" PyObject* IcePy_stringToIdentity(PyObject*, PyObject*);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/python/modules/IcePy/Init.cpp b/python/modules/IcePy/Init.cpp
index 337298eed97..ea98eed6b89 100644
--- a/python/modules/IcePy/Init.cpp
+++ b/python/modules/IcePy/Init.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] =
         PyDoc_STR(STRCAST("generateUUID() -> string")) },
     { STRCAST("createProperties"), reinterpret_cast<PyCFunction>(IcePy_createProperties), METH_VARARGS,
         PyDoc_STR(STRCAST("createProperties([args]) -> Ice.Properties")) },
+    { STRCAST("stringToIdentity"), reinterpret_cast<PyCFunction>(IcePy_stringToIdentity), METH_O,
+        PyDoc_STR(STRCAST("stringToIdentity(string) -> Ice.Identity")) },
+    { STRCAST("identityToString"), reinterpret_cast<PyCFunction>(IcePy_identityToString), METH_O,
+        PyDoc_STR(STRCAST("identityToString(Ice.Identity) -> string")) },
     { STRCAST("getProcessLogger"), reinterpret_cast<PyCFunction>(IcePy_getProcessLogger), METH_NOARGS,
         PyDoc_STR(STRCAST("getProcessLogger() -> Ice.Logger")) },
     { STRCAST("setProcessLogger"), reinterpret_cast<PyCFunction>(IcePy_setProcessLogger), METH_VARARGS,
diff --git a/python/python/Ice.py b/python/python/Ice.py
index ff1deecd555..72f6bfc2ddf 100644
--- a/python/python/Ice.py
+++ b/python/python/Ice.py
@@ -716,6 +716,18 @@ the list that were recognized by the Ice run time.
     return CommunicatorI(communicator)
 
 #
+# Ice.identityToString
+#
+def identityToString(id):
+    return IcePy.identityToString(id)
+
+#
+# Ice.stringToIdentity
+#
+def stringToIdentity(str):
+    return IcePy.stringToIdentity(str)
+
+#
 # ObjectAdapter wrapper.
 #
 class ObjectAdapterI(ObjectAdapter):
diff --git a/python/test/Ice/proxy/AllTests.py b/python/test/Ice/proxy/AllTests.py
index fb606824b30..170b0448fe1 100644
--- a/python/test/Ice/proxy/AllTests.py
+++ b/python/test/Ice/proxy/AllTests.py
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ def allTests(communicator, collocated):
     sys.stdout.flush()
     test(communicator.identityToString(base.ice_identity(communicator.stringToIdentity("other")).ice_getIdentity()) \
          == "other")
+    test(Ice.identityToString(base.ice_identity(Ice.stringToIdentity("other")).ice_getIdentity()) == "other")
+    
     test(base.ice_facet("facet").ice_getFacet() == "facet")
     test(base.ice_adapterId("id").ice_getAdapterId() == "id")
     test(base.ice_twoway().ice_isTwoway())