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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 xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import ProgranService
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class ProgranHelpers():
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_onos_info_from_si(service_instance):
+        progran_service = service_instance.owner.leaf_model
+        return ProgranHelpers.get_onos_info_from_service(progran_service)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_progran_onos_info():
+        progran_service = ProgranService.objects.all()[0]
+        return ProgranHelpers.get_onos_info_from_service(progran_service)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_onos_info_from_service(progran_service):
+        return {
+            'url': progran_service.onos_address,
+            'port': progran_service.onos_port,
+            'username': progran_service.onos_username,
+            'password': progran_service.onos_password,
+        }