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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def add_properties(self, names, methods):
 """Returns a view of self with the given methods added as properties. From: <http://stackoverflow.com/a/2954373/1366472>. """

        cls = type(self)
        cls = type(cls.__name__, (cls,), dict(cls.__dict__))
        if isinstance(names, string_types):
            names = [names]
            methods = [methods]
        for name,method in zip(names, methods):
            setattr(cls, name, property(method))
        return self.view(type=cls)