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+/*
+Package communicator provides common steps for connecting to an instance
+using the Packer communicator. These steps can be implemented by builders.
+Normally, a builder will want to implement StepConnect, which is smart enough
+to then determine which kind of communicator, and therefore which kind of
+substep, it should implement.
+
+Various helper functions are also supplied. CommHost
+*/
+package communicator