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+# Copyright 2015 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Interface for deployment specific vSwitch controllers
+"""
+
+class IVswitchController(object):
+    """Abstract class which defines a vSwitch controller object
+
+    This interface is used to setup and control a vSwitch provider for a
+    particular deployment scenario.
+    """
+    def setup(self):
+        """Sets up the switch for the particular deployment scenario
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "The VswitchController does not implement the \"setup\" function.")
+    def stop(self):
+        """Tears down the switch created in setup()
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "The VswitchController does not implement the \"stop\" function.")
+
+    def get_vswitch(self):
+        """Get the controlled vSwitch
+
+        :return: The controlled IVswitch
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "The VswitchController does not implement the \"get_vswitch\" "
+            "function.")
+
+    def get_ports_info(self):
+        """Returns a dictionary describing all ports on the vSwitch.
+
+        See IVswitch for dictionary structure details
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "The VswitchController does not implement the \"get_ports_info\" "
+            "function.")