From 88ccc48103ec17dfb6f35b934280f4bbfcabd21f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: galipremsagar <sagarprem75@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 07:55:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add helper method

---
 python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py |  7 ++++++
 python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py       | 31 +++++++++---------------
 python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py   |  6 ++---
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py
index cb79a30422e..758f0115a6f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ def _to_flat_dict(d):
     return {k: v for k, v in _to_flat_dict_inner(d)}
 
 
+def _get_level_names(obj, default=None):
+    """
+    Helper function to return names for `level_names`
+    """
+    return tuple(obj.names) if isinstance(obj, pd.Index) else default
+
+
 class ColumnAccessor(abc.MutableMapping):
     """
     Parameters
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index fc9721066a8..d9c0fdba93f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     column_empty,
     concat_columns,
 )
-from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor
+from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor, _get_level_names
 from cudf.core.copy_types import BooleanMask
 from cudf.core.groupby.groupby import DataFrameGroupBy, groupby_doc_template
 from cudf.core.index import BaseIndex, RangeIndex, _index_from_data, as_index
@@ -666,9 +666,7 @@ def __init__(
                         )
                         for k in columns
                     },
-                    level_names=tuple(columns.names)
-                    if isinstance(columns, pd.Index)
-                    else None,
+                    level_names=_get_level_names(columns),
                 )
         elif isinstance(data, ColumnAccessor):
             raise TypeError(
@@ -715,10 +713,8 @@ def __init__(
 
                     self._data = new_df._data
                     self._index = new_df._index
-                    self._data._level_names = (
-                        tuple(columns.names)
-                        if isinstance(columns, pd.Index)
-                        else self._data._level_names
+                    self._data._level_names = _get_level_names(
+                        columns, self._data._level_names
                     )
                 elif len(data) > 0 and isinstance(data[0], Series):
                     self._init_from_series_list(
@@ -842,10 +838,8 @@ def _init_from_series_list(self, data, columns, index):
                     self._data[col_name] = column.column_empty(
                         row_count=len(self), dtype=None, masked=True
                     )
-            self._data._level_names = (
-                tuple(columns.names)
-                if isinstance(columns, pd.Index)
-                else self._data._level_names
+            self._data._level_names = _get_level_names(
+                columns, self._data._level_names
             )
             self._data = self._data.select_by_label(columns)
 
@@ -970,10 +964,8 @@ def _init_from_dict_like(
                     data[col_name],
                     nan_as_null=nan_as_null,
                 )
-        self._data._level_names = (
-            tuple(columns.names)
-            if isinstance(columns, pd.Index)
-            else self._data._level_names
+        self._data._level_names = _get_level_names(
+            columns, self._data._level_names
         )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -5390,8 +5382,8 @@ def from_records(cls, data, index=None, columns=None, nan_as_null=False):
             df = df.set_index(index)
         else:
             df._index = as_index(index)
-        if isinstance(columns, pd.Index):
-            df._data._level_names = tuple(columns.names)
+
+        df._data._level_names = _get_level_names(columns)
         return df
 
     @classmethod
@@ -5448,8 +5440,7 @@ def _from_arrays(cls, data, index=None, columns=None, nan_as_null=False):
             df._data[names[0]] = column.as_column(
                 data, nan_as_null=nan_as_null
             )
-        if isinstance(columns, pd.Index):
-            df._data._level_names = tuple(columns.names)
+        df._data._level_names = _get_level_names(columns)
 
         if index is None:
             df._index = RangeIndex(start=0, stop=len(data))
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
index 1796baa6147..b3ecfd5eb15 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 from cudf.core._base_index import BaseIndex
 from cudf.core.buffer import acquire_spill_lock
 from cudf.core.column import ColumnBase, as_column, full
-from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor
+from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor, _get_level_names
 from cudf.core.copy_types import BooleanMask, GatherMap
 from cudf.core.dtypes import ListDtype
 from cudf.core.frame import Frame
@@ -2661,9 +2661,7 @@ def _reindex(
             data=cudf.core.column_accessor.ColumnAccessor(
                 cols,
                 multiindex=self._data.multiindex,
-                level_names=tuple(column_names.names)
-                if isinstance(column_names, pd.Index)
-                else None,
+                level_names=_get_level_names(column_names),
             ),
             index=index,
         )