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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.
+#
+
+import functools
+
+#from . import exceptions
+
+
+def unsupported(f):
+ @functools.wraps(f)
+ def impl(*args, **kwargs):
+ msg = '{} not supported'.format(f.__name__)
+ raise exceptions.RWErrorNotSupported(msg)
+
+ return impl
+
+
+class Topology(object):
+ """
+ Topoology defines a base class for sdn driver implementations. Note that
+ not all drivers will support the complete set of functionality presented
+ here.
+ """
+
+ @unsupported
+ def get_network_list(self, account):
+ """
+ Returns the discovered network associated with the specified account.
+
+ @param account - a SDN account
+
+ @return a discovered network
+ """
+ pass
+