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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (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.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+import os
+import sdncon
+
+BSN_BASE = sdncon.SDN_ROOT
+PERSONALITY = 'vm_personality'
+
+"""
+This is a simple conditional decorator, suggested by Claudiu on Stackoverflow.com
+"""
+def conditionally(decorator, condition):
+    def moddec(f):
+        if not condition:
+            return f
+        return decorator(f)
+    return moddec
+
+def isCloudBuild():
+    pf = os.path.join(BSN_BASE, PERSONALITY)
+    return os.path.exists(pf) and "cloud" in open(pf).read()
+
+def uicontext(request):
+    expiredSession = False
+    debug = False
+    try:
+        hostname = request.META['HTTP_HOST']
+        referer = request.META['HTTP_REFERER'].split('/')
+        if referer[2] == hostname:
+            expiredSession = referer[3] not in ('account', 'logout')
+    except:
+        # Ignore any exceptions, like missing REFERER, HOST, etc.
+        pass
+    return {
+        'isCloudBuild': isCloudBuild(),
+        'expiredSession': expiredSession,
+        'debug': debug,
+    }
+
+def abc(f):
+    def blah(*args, **kwargs):
+        print 'abc'
+        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+    return blah
+
+@conditionally(abc, isCloudBuild())
+def test(): pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test()
+
+