1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/inventory/group.py b/lib/ansible/inventory/group.py
index c7af685e..65f1afed 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/group.py
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping
+from enum import Enum
 from itertools import chain
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 
@@ -53,8 +54,14 @@ def to_safe_group_name(name, replacer="_", force=False, silent=False):
     return name
 
 
+class InventoryObjectType(Enum):
+    HOST = 0
+    GROUP = 1
+
+
 class Group:
     ''' a group of ansible hosts '''
+    base_type = InventoryObjectType.GROUP
 
     # __slots__ = [ 'name', 'hosts', 'vars', 'child_groups', 'parent_groups', 'depth', '_hosts_cache' ]