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+"""
+#
+# Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+@file core.py
+@author Varun Prasad (varun.prasad@riftio.com)
+@date 09-Jul-2016
+
+"""
+
+class DtsHandler(object):
+ """A common class to hold the barebone objects to build a publisher or
+ subscriber
+ """
+ def __init__(self, log, dts, loop):
+ """Constructor
+
+ Args:
+ log : Log handle
+ dts : DTS handle
+ loop : Asyncio event loop.
+ """
+ # Reg handle
+ self.reg = None
+ self.log = log
+ self.dts = dts
+ self.loop = loop