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+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#    Copyright (c) 2022 Philipp Le <philipp@philipple.de>.
+#  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+#  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+#  file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import logging
+from tkinter import ttk, Tk, Toplevel, BOTH
+from typing import Type, List
+
+
+class Group:
+    NAME: str
+
+
+class BaseFrame(ttk.Frame):
+    pass
+
+
+class Window:
+    GROUP: Type[Group]
+    TITLE: str
+    FRAME: Type[BaseFrame]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def make_title(cls) -> str:
+        return f'{cls.GROUP.NAME} - {cls.TITLE}'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def make_frame(cls, root) -> ttk.Frame:
+        frm = cls.FRAME(root)
+        frm.pack(expand=True, fill=BOTH)
+        return frm
+
+    @classmethod
+    def make_window(cls, root) -> Toplevel:
+        win = Toplevel(root)
+        win.title(cls.make_title())
+        cls.make_frame(win)
+        return win
+
+    @classmethod
+    def main(cls):
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+        root = Tk()
+        root.title(cls.make_title())
+        cls.make_frame(root)
+        root.mainloop()
+
+
+def get_groups(win_cls: List[Type[Window]]) -> List[Type[Group]]:
+    grp_cls: List[Type[Group]] = []
+    for win in win_cls:
+        if win.GROUP not in grp_cls:
+            grp_cls.append(win.GROUP)
+    return list(sorted(grp_cls, key=lambda grp: grp.NAME))
+
+
+def get_win_of_group(win_cls: List[Type[Window]], grp: Type[Group]) -> List[Type[Window]]:
+    return list(filter(lambda win: win.GROUP == grp, win_cls))