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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+//
+
+#ifndef UPDATE_ENGINE_METRICS_UTILS_H_
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_METRICS_UTILS_H_
+
+#include "update_engine/connection_manager.h"
+#include "update_engine/metrics.h"
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+namespace metrics_utils {
+
+// Transforms a ErrorCode value into a metrics::DownloadErrorCode.
+// This obviously only works for errors related to downloading so if |code|
+// is e.g. |ErrorCode::kFilesystemCopierError| then
+// |kDownloadErrorCodeInputMalformed| is returned.
+metrics::DownloadErrorCode GetDownloadErrorCode(ErrorCode code);
+
+// Transforms a ErrorCode value into a metrics::AttemptResult.
+//
+// If metrics::AttemptResult::kPayloadDownloadError is returned, you
+// can use utils::GetDownloadError() to get more detail.
+metrics::AttemptResult GetAttemptResult(ErrorCode code);
+
+// Calculates the internet connection type given |type| and |tethering|.
+metrics::ConnectionType GetConnectionType(NetworkConnectionType type,
+                                          NetworkTethering tethering);
+
+}  // namespace metrics_utils
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_METRICS_UTILS_H_