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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class Helpers():
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_url(url):
+        if 'http' in url:
+            return url
+        else:
+            return 'http://%s' % url
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_fabric_onos_info(model_accessor, service):
+        fabric_onos = [s.leaf_model for s in service.provider_services if "onos" in s.name.lower()]
+        if len(fabric_onos) == 0:
+            raise Exception('Cannot find ONOS service in provider_services of Fabric-Crossconnect')
+
+        fabric_onos = fabric_onos[0]
+        return {
+            'url': Helpers.format_url(
+                "%s:%s" %
+                (fabric_onos.rest_hostname,
+                fabric_onos.rest_port)),
+                'user': fabric_onos.rest_username,
+                'pass': fabric_onos.rest_password}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def range_matches(value, pattern):
+        value = int(value)
+        for this_range in pattern.split(","):
+            this_range = this_range.strip()
+            if "-" in this_range:
+                (first, last) = this_range.split("-")
+                first = int(first.strip())
+                last = int(last.strip())
+                if (value >= first) and (value <= last):
+                    return True
+            elif this_range.lower() == "any":
+                return False