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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright 2018 EuropeanSoftwareMarketingLtd.
+# ===================================================================
+#  Licensed under the ApacheLicense, Version2.0 (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
+#
+# 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
+##############################################################################
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import logging
+
+from vnftest.common import utils
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Crawler(object):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_cls(crawler_type):
+        """return class of specified type"""
+        for crawler in utils.itersubclasses(Crawler):
+            if crawler_type == crawler.__crawler_type__:
+                return crawler
+        raise RuntimeError("No such crawler_type %s" % crawler_type)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def crawl(self, dictionary, path):
+        raise NotImplementedError