3 files changed, 27 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/qtip/base/__init__.py b/qtip/base/__init__.py
index e69de29b..909703ed 100644
--- a/qtip/base/__init__.py
+++ b/qtip/base/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2017 ZTE Corp and others.
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##############################################################################
+
+
+class BaseActor(object):
+    """abstract actor class"""
+
+    def __init__(self, config, parent=None):
+        self._config = config
+        self._parent = parent
+
+    def get_config(self, key, default=None):
+        return self._config.get(key, default)
diff --git a/qtip/base/constant.py b/qtip/base/constant.py
index ddd07e9d..09c635ac 100644
--- a/qtip/base/constant.py
+++ b/qtip/base/constant.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class BaseProp(object):
 
     # content
     DESCRIPTION = 'description'
+    WORKLOADS = 'workloads'
+    TYPE = 'type'
 
 
 class SpecProp(BaseProp):
@@ -45,29 +47,5 @@ class SpecProp(BaseProp):
     WORKLOADS = 'workloads'
 
 
-class PlanProp(BaseProp):
-    # plan
-    INFO = 'info'
-
-    FACILITY = 'facility'
-    ENGINEER = 'engineer'
-
-    CONFIG = 'config'
-
-    DRIVER = 'driver'
-    COLLECTOR = 'collector'
-    REPORTER = 'reporter'
-
-    QPIS = 'QPIs'
-
-
-class CollectorProp(BaseProp):
-    LOGS = 'logs'
-    FILENAME = 'filename'
-    GREP = 'grep'
-    REGEX = 'regex'
-    CAPTURE = 'capture'
-
-
 class ReporterBaseProp(BaseProp):
     TRANSFORMER = 'transformer'
diff --git a/qtip/base/error.py b/qtip/base/error.py
index 01a7f7a6..a055aa8d 100644
--- a/qtip/base/error.py
+++ b/qtip/base/error.py
@@ -8,22 +8,23 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 
-class QtipError(Exception):
+class BaseError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class InvalidFormat(QtipError):
-    def __init__(self, filename):
+class InvalidContent(BaseError):
+    def __init__(self, filename, excinfo=None):
         self.filename = filename
+        self.excinfo = excinfo
 
 
-class NotFound(QtipError):
+class NotFound(BaseError):
     def __init__(self, module, package='qtip'):
         self.package = package
         self.module = module
 
 
-class ToBeDoneError(QtipError):
+class ToBeDoneError(BaseError):
     """something still to be done"""
     def __init__(self, method, module):
         self.method = method