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+# Copyright (c) 2024 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# 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.
+
+"""A module implementing the control panel data structure.
+"""
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import Any
+
+class ControlPanel:
+    """A class representing the control panel.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, params: dict, panel: dict) -> None:
+        """Initialisation of the control pannel by default values. If
+        particular values are provided (parameter "panel") they are set
+        afterwards.
+
+        :param params: Default values to be set to the control panel. This
+            dictionary also defines the full set of the control panel's
+            parameters and their order.
+        :param panel: Custom values to be set to the control panel.
+        :type params: dict
+        :type panel: dict
+        """
+
+        if not params:
+            raise ValueError("The params must be defined.")
+        self._panel = deepcopy(params)
+        if panel:
+            for key in panel:
+                if key in self._panel:
+                    self._panel[key] = panel[key]
+                else:
+                    raise AttributeError(
+                        f"The parameter {key} is not defined in the list of "
+                        f"parameters."
+                    )
+
+    @property
+    def panel(self) -> dict:
+        return self._panel
+
+    @property
+    def values(self) -> tuple:
+        """Returns the values from the Control panel as a tuple.
+
+        :returns: The values from the Control panel.
+        :rtype: tuple
+        """
+        return tuple(self._panel.values())
+
+    def set(self, kwargs: dict=dict()) -> None:
+        """Set the values of the Control panel.
+
+        :param kwargs: key - value pairs to be set.
+        :type kwargs: dict
+        :raises KeyError: If the key in kwargs is not present in the Control
+            panel.
+        """
+        for key, val in kwargs.items():
+            if key in self._panel:
+                self._panel[key] = val
+            else:
+                raise KeyError(f"The key {key} is not defined.")
+
+    def get(self, key: str) -> Any:
+        """Returns the value of a key from the Control panel.
+
+        :param key: The key which value should be returned.
+        :type key: str
+        :returns: The value of the key.
+        :rtype: any
+        :raises KeyError: If the key in kwargs is not present in the Control
+            panel.
+        """
+        return self._panel[key]