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+# Copyright (c) 2023 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.
+
+"""Module defining SearchGoalTuple class."""
+
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Tuple
+
+from .search_goal import SearchGoal
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SearchGoalTuple:
+    """Container class holding multiple search goals.
+
+    Just a convenience for checking their number and types.
+    """
+
+    goals: Tuple[SearchGoal, ...]
+    """Goals extracted from user-provided Iterable of search goals."""
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        """Check type and number of search goals.
+
+        :raises ValueError: If there are no goals.
+        :raises TypeError: If a goal is not a SearchGoal.
+        """
+        super().__setattr__("goals", tuple(self.goals))
+        if not self.goals:
+            raise ValueError(f"Cannot be empty: {self.goals}")
+        for goal in self.goals:
+            if not isinstance(goal, SearchGoal):
+                raise TypeError(f"Must be a SearchGoal instance: {goal}")
+        copied = list(self.goals)
+        deduplicated = set(self.goals)
+        for goal in copied:
+            if goal not in deduplicated:
+                raise ValueError(f"Duplicate goal: {goal}")
+            deduplicated.remove(goal)
+        if deduplicated:
+            raise ValueError(f"Error processing goals: {deduplicated}")
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[SearchGoal]:
+        """Enable itertion over goals.
+
+        :returns: Iterator iteratinc over contained goals.
+        :rtype: Iterator[SearchGoal]
+        """
+        return iter(self.goals)