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+// Copyright 2024 Huawei Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd.
+//
+// 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.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "src/buildtool/storage/backend_description.hpp"
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include "fmt/core.h"
+#include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
+
+auto DescribeBackend(std::optional<ServerAddress> const& address,
+                     ExecutionProperties const& properties,
+                     std::vector<DispatchEndpoint> const& dispatch) noexcept
+    -> expected<std::string, std::string> {
+    auto description = nlohmann::json{
+        {"remote_address", address ? address->ToJson() : nlohmann::json{}},
+        {"platform_properties", properties}};
+    if (not dispatch.empty()) {
+        try {
+            // only add the dispatch list, if not empty, so that keys remain
+            // not only more readable, but also backwards compatible with
+            // earlier versions.
+            auto dispatch_list = nlohmann::json::array();
+            for (auto const& [props, endpoint] : dispatch) {
+                auto entry = nlohmann::json::array();
+                entry.push_back(nlohmann::json(props));
+                entry.push_back(endpoint.ToJson());
+                dispatch_list.push_back(entry);
+            }
+            description["endpoint dispatch list"] = dispatch_list;
+        } catch (std::exception const& e) {
+            return unexpected{fmt::format(
+                "Failed to serialize endpoint dispatch list:\n{}", e.what())};
+        }
+    }
+    try {
+        // json::dump with json::error_handler_t::replace will not throw an
+        // exception if invalid UTF-8 sequences are detected in the input.
+        // Instead, it will replace them with the UTF-8 replacement
+        // character, but still it needs to be inside a try-catch clause to
+        // ensure the noexcept modifier of the enclosing function.
+        return description.dump(
+            2, ' ', false, nlohmann::json::error_handler_t::replace);
+    } catch (std::exception const& e) {
+        return unexpected{fmt::format(
+            "Failed to dump backend description to JSON:\n{}", e.what())};
+    }
+}