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+# Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corp. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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
+
+import six
+from stevedore import driver
+
+
+VALIDATOR_NS = "vnfsdk.pkgtools.validator"
+
+def get_validator(params):
+    """Get validate driver and load it.
+
+    :param params: parameters to decide which validator to load
+    """
+
+    loaded_driver = driver.DriverManager(VALIDATOR_NS,
+                                         params,
+                                         invoke_on_load=True)
+    return loaded_driver.driver
+
+
+@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+class ValidatorBase(object):
+    """Base class for validators."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def validate(self, reader):
+        """Validate the csar package.
+
+        :param reader: instance of package.csar._CSARReader
+        """