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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Research and Development Ireland Ltd.
+#
+# 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.
+
+import abc
+
+
+class BasePacketGenerator:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def send_traffic(self):
+        """
+        Starts the traffic generation.
+        According to the specific packet generator it requires prior
+        initialization
+        :return: None
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("Subclass must implement abstract method")