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+# Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
+# https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
+
+"""Some utility classes for interacting with templates."""
+
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import cgi
+import cStringIO
+import httplib
+import logging
+import time
+import types
+
+import ezt
+import six
+
+from protorpc import messages
+
+import settings
+from framework import framework_constants
+
+
+_DISPLAY_VALUE_TRAILING_CHARS = 8
+_DISPLAY_VALUE_TIP_CHARS = 120
+
+
+class PBProxy(object):
+  """Wraps a Protocol Buffer so it is easy to acceess from a template."""
+
+  def __init__(self, pb):
+    self.__pb = pb
+
+  def __getattr__(self, name):
+    """Make the getters template friendly.
+
+    Psudo-hack alert: When attributes end with _bool, they are converted in
+    to EZT style bools. I.e., if false return None, if true return True.
+
+    Args:
+      name: the name of the attribute to get.
+
+    Returns:
+      The value of that attribute (as an EZT bool if the name ends with _bool).
+    """
+    if name.endswith('_bool'):
+      bool_name = name
+      name = name[0:-5]
+    else:
+      bool_name = None
+
+    # Make it possible for a PBProxy-local attribute to override the protocol
+    # buffer field, or even to allow attributes to be added to the PBProxy that
+    # the protocol buffer does not even have.
+    if name in self.__dict__:
+      if callable(self.__dict__[name]):
+        val = self.__dict__[name]()
+      else:
+        val = self.__dict__[name]
+
+      if bool_name:
+        return ezt.boolean(val)
+      return val
+
+    if bool_name:
+      # return an ezt.boolean for the named field.
+      return ezt.boolean(getattr(self.__pb, name))
+
+    val = getattr(self.__pb, name)
+
+    if isinstance(val, messages.Enum):
+      return int(val)  # TODO(jrobbins): use str() instead
+
+    if isinstance(val, messages.Message):
+      return PBProxy(val)
+
+    # Return a list of values whose Message entries
+    # have been wrapped in PBProxies.
+    if isinstance(val, (list, messages.FieldList)):
+      list_to_return = []
+      for v in val:
+        if isinstance(v, messages.Message):
+          list_to_return.append(PBProxy(v))
+        else:
+          list_to_return.append(v)
+      return list_to_return
+
+    return val
+
+  def DebugString(self):
+    """Return a string representation that is useful in debugging."""
+    return 'PBProxy(%s)' % self.__pb
+
+  def __eq__(self, other):
+    # Disable warning about accessing other.__pb.
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    return isinstance(other, PBProxy) and self.__pb == other.__pb
+
+
+_templates = {}
+
+
+def GetTemplate(
+    template_path, compress_whitespace=True, eliminate_blank_lines=False,
+    base_format=ezt.FORMAT_HTML):
+  """Make a MonorailTemplate if needed, or reuse one if possible."""
+  key = template_path, compress_whitespace, base_format
+  if key in _templates:
+    return _templates[key]
+
+  template = MonorailTemplate(
+      template_path, compress_whitespace=compress_whitespace,
+      eliminate_blank_lines=eliminate_blank_lines, base_format=base_format)
+  _templates[key] = template
+  return template
+
+
+class cStringIOUnicodeWrapper(object):
+  """Wrapper on cStringIO.StringIO that encodes unicode as UTF-8 as it goes."""
+
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.buffer = cStringIO.StringIO()
+
+  def write(self, s):
+    if isinstance(s, six.text_type):
+      utf8_s = s.encode('utf-8')
+    else:
+      utf8_s = s
+    self.buffer.write(utf8_s)
+
+  def getvalue(self):
+    return self.buffer.getvalue()
+
+
+SNIFFABLE_PATTERNS = {
+  '%PDF-': '%NoNoNo-',
+}
+
+
+class MonorailTemplate(object):
+  """A template with additional functionality."""
+
+  def __init__(self, template_path, compress_whitespace=True,
+               eliminate_blank_lines=False, base_format=ezt.FORMAT_HTML):
+    self.template_path = template_path
+    self.template = None
+    self.compress_whitespace = compress_whitespace
+    self.base_format = base_format
+    self.eliminate_blank_lines = eliminate_blank_lines
+
+  def WriteResponse(self, response, data, content_type=None):
+    """Write the parsed and filled in template to http server."""
+    if content_type:
+      response.content_type = content_type
+
+    response.status = data.get('http_response_code', httplib.OK)
+    whole_page = self.GetResponse(data)
+    if data.get('prevent_sniffing'):
+      for sniff_pattern, sniff_replacement in SNIFFABLE_PATTERNS.items():
+        whole_page = whole_page.replace(sniff_pattern, sniff_replacement)
+    start = time.time()
+    response.write(whole_page)
+    logging.info('wrote response in %dms', int((time.time() - start) * 1000))
+
+  def GetResponse(self, data):
+    """Generate the text from the template and return it as a string."""
+    template = self.GetTemplate()
+    start = time.time()
+    buf = cStringIOUnicodeWrapper()
+    template.generate(buf, data)
+    whole_page = buf.getvalue()
+    logging.info('rendering took %dms', int((time.time() - start) * 1000))
+    logging.info('whole_page len is %r', len(whole_page))
+    if self.eliminate_blank_lines:
+      lines = whole_page.split('\n')
+      whole_page = '\n'.join(line for line in lines if line.strip())
+      logging.info('smaller whole_page len is %r', len(whole_page))
+      logging.info('smaller rendering took %dms',
+                   int((time.time() - start) * 1000))
+    return whole_page
+
+  def GetTemplate(self):
+    """Parse the EZT template, or return an already parsed one."""
+    # We don't operate directly on self.template to avoid races.
+    template = self.template
+
+    if template is None or settings.local_mode:
+      start = time.time()
+      template = ezt.Template(
+          fname=self.template_path,
+          compress_whitespace=self.compress_whitespace,
+          base_format=self.base_format)
+      logging.info('parsed in %dms', int((time.time() - start) * 1000))
+      self.template = template
+
+    return template
+
+  def GetTemplatePath(self):
+    """Accessor for the template path specified in the constructor.
+
+    Returns:
+      The string path for the template file provided to the constructor.
+    """
+    return self.template_path
+
+
+class EZTError(object):
+  """This class is a helper class to pass errors to EZT.
+
+  This class is used to hold information that will be passed to EZT but might
+  be unset. All unset values return None (ie EZT False)
+  Example: page errors
+  """
+
+  def __getattr__(self, _name):
+    """This is the EZT retrieval function."""
+    return None
+
+  def AnyErrors(self):
+    return len(self.__dict__) != 0
+
+  def DebugString(self):
+    return 'EZTError(%s)' % self.__dict__
+
+  def SetError(self, name, value):
+    self.__setattr__(name, value)
+
+  def SetCustomFieldError(self, field_id, value):
+    # This access works because of the custom __getattr__.
+    # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
+    # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+    if self.custom_fields is None:
+      self.custom_fields = []
+    self.custom_fields.append(EZTItem(field_id=field_id, message=value))
+
+  any_errors = property(AnyErrors, None)
+
+def FitUnsafeText(text, length):
+  """Trim some unsafe (unescaped) text to a specific length.
+
+  Three periods are appended if trimming occurs. Note that we cannot use
+  the ellipsis character (&hellip) because this is unescaped text.
+
+  Args:
+    text: the string to fit (ASCII or unicode).
+    length: the length to trim to.
+
+  Returns:
+    An ASCII or unicode string fitted to the given length.
+  """
+  if not text:
+    return ""
+
+  if len(text) <= length:
+    return text
+
+  return text[:length] + '...'
+
+
+def BytesKbOrMb(num_bytes):
+  """Return a human-readable string representation of a number of bytes."""
+  if num_bytes < 1024:
+    return '%d bytes' % num_bytes  # e.g., 128 bytes
+  if num_bytes < 99 * 1024:
+    return '%.1f KB' % (num_bytes / 1024.0)  # e.g. 23.4 KB
+  if num_bytes < 1024 * 1024:
+    return '%d KB' % (num_bytes / 1024)  # e.g., 219 KB
+  if num_bytes < 99 * 1024 * 1024:
+    return '%.1f MB' % (num_bytes / 1024.0 / 1024.0)  # e.g., 21.9 MB
+  return '%d MB' % (num_bytes / 1024 / 1024)  # e.g., 100 MB
+
+
+class EZTItem(object):
+  """A class that makes a collection of fields easily accessible in EZT."""
+
+  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+    """Store all the given key-value pairs as fields of this object."""
+    vars(self).update(kwargs)
+
+  def __repr__(self):
+    fields = ', '.join('%r: %r' % (k, v) for k, v in
+                       sorted(vars(self).items()))
+    return '%s({%s})' % (self.__class__.__name__, fields)
+
+  def __eq__(self, other):
+    return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
+
+def ExpandLabels(page_data):
+  """If page_data has a 'labels' list, expand it into 'label1', etc.
+
+  Args:
+    page_data: Template data which may include a 'labels' field.
+  """
+  label_list = page_data.get('labels', [])
+  if isinstance(label_list, types.StringTypes):
+    label_list = [label.strip() for label in page_data['labels'].split(',')]
+
+  for i in range(len(label_list)):
+    page_data['label%d' % i] = label_list[i]
+  for i in range(len(label_list), framework_constants.MAX_LABELS):
+    page_data['label%d' % i] = ''
+
+
+class TextRun(object):
+  """A fragment of user-entered text that needs to be safely displyed."""
+
+  def __init__(self, content, tag=None, href=None):
+    self.content = content
+    self.tag = tag
+    self.href = href
+    self.title = None
+    self.css_class = None
+
+  def FormatForHTMLEmail(self):
+    """Return a string that can be used in an HTML email body."""
+    if self.tag == 'a' and self.href:
+      return '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (
+          cgi.escape(self.href, quote=True),
+          cgi.escape(self.content, quote=True))
+
+    return cgi.escape(self.content, quote=True)