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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd 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
+##############################################################################
+
+import copy
+import os
+
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
+
+from yardstick.common import process
+
+
+class Yardstick(object):
+    """Create and represent separate yardstick installation.
+
+    Usage:
+        yardstick = yardstick()
+        output = yardstick("runner list")
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._args = ["yardstick"]
+        self.env = copy.deepcopy(os.environ)
+
+    def __call__(self, cmd, getjson=False):
+        """Call yardstick in the shell
+
+        :param cmd: Yardstick command.
+        :param getjson: If the output is a JSON object, it's deserialized.
+        :return Command output string.
+        """
+
+        if not isinstance(cmd, list):
+            cmd = cmd.split(" ")
+        cmd = self._args + cmd
+        output = process.execute(cmd=cmd)
+        if getjson:
+            return jsonutils.loads(output)
+        return output