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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
+
+"""Helper functions used in user group modules."""
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from framework import framework_views
+from proto import usergroup_pb2
+
+
+class GroupVisibilityView(object):
+  """Object for group visibility information that can be easily used in EZT."""
+
+  VISIBILITY_NAMES = {
+      usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.ANYONE: 'Anyone on the Internet',
+      usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.MEMBERS: 'Group Members',
+      usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.OWNERS: 'Group Owners'}
+
+  def __init__(self, group_visibility_enum):
+    self.key = int(group_visibility_enum)
+    self.name = self.VISIBILITY_NAMES[group_visibility_enum]
+
+
+class GroupTypeView(object):
+  """Object for group type information that can be easily used in EZT."""
+
+  TYPE_NAMES = {
+      usergroup_pb2.GroupType.CHROME_INFRA_AUTH: 'Chrome-infra-auth',
+      usergroup_pb2.GroupType.MDB: 'MDB',
+      usergroup_pb2.GroupType.BAGGINS: 'Baggins',
+      usergroup_pb2.GroupType.COMPUTED: 'Computed',
+      }
+
+  def __init__(self, group_type_enum):
+    self.key = int(group_type_enum)
+    self.name = self.TYPE_NAMES[group_type_enum]
+
+
+class GroupMemberView(framework_views.UserView):
+  """Wrapper class to display basic group member information in a template."""
+
+  def __init__(self, user, group_id, role):
+    assert role in ['member', 'owner']
+    super(GroupMemberView, self).__init__(user)
+    self.group_id = group_id
+    self.role = role
+
+
+def BuildUserGroupVisibilityOptions():
+  """Return a list of user group visibility values for use in an HTML menu.
+
+  Returns:
+    A list of GroupVisibilityView objects that can be used in EZT.
+  """
+  vis_levels = [usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.OWNERS,
+                usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.MEMBERS,
+                usergroup_pb2.MemberVisibility.ANYONE]
+
+  return [GroupVisibilityView(vis) for vis in vis_levels]
+
+
+def BuildUserGroupTypeOptions():
+  """Return a list of user group types for use in an HTML menu.
+
+  Returns:
+    A list of GroupTypeView objects that can be used in EZT.
+  """
+  group_types = [usergroup_pb2.GroupType.CHROME_INFRA_AUTH,
+                 usergroup_pb2.GroupType.MDB,
+                 usergroup_pb2.GroupType.BAGGINS,
+                 usergroup_pb2.GroupType.COMPUTED]
+
+  return sorted([GroupTypeView(gt) for gt in group_types],
+                key=lambda gtv: gtv.name)