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+# Copyright (c) 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# 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.
+
+"""Module hosting few utility functions useful when dealing with modelled data.
+
+This is for storing varied utility functions, which are too short and diverse
+to be put into more descriptive modules.
+"""
+
+
+from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn
+
+
+def descend(parent_node, key, default_factory=None):
+    """Return a sub-node, create and insert it when it does not exist.
+
+    Without this function:
+        child_node = parent_node.get(key, dict())
+        parent_node[key] = child_node
+
+    With this function:
+        child_node = descend(parent_node, key)
+
+    New code is shorter and avoids the need to type key and parent_node twice.
+
+    :param parent_node: Reference to inner node of a larger structure
+        we want to descend from.
+    :param key: Key of the maybe existing child node.
+    :param default_factory: If the key does not exist, call this
+        to create a new value to be inserted under the key.
+        None means dict. The other popular option is list.
+    :type parent_node: dict
+    :type key: str
+    :type default_factory: Optional[Callable[[], object]]
+    :returns: The reference to (maybe just created) child node.
+    :rtype: object
+    """
+    if key not in parent_node:
+        factory = dict if default_factory is None else default_factory
+        parent_node[key] = factory()
+    return parent_node[key]
+
+
+def get_export_data():
+    """Return data member of ExportJson library instance.
+
+    This assumes the data has been initialized already.
+    Return None if Robot is not running.
+
+    :returns: Current library instance's raw data field.
+    :rtype: Optional[dict]
+    :raises AttributeError: If library is not imported yet.
+    """
+    instance = BuiltIn().get_library_instance(
+        u"resources.libraries.python.model.ExportJson"
+    )
+    if instance is None:
+        return None
+    return instance.data