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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 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 storing all global variables, shared between main module and plugins
+#
+import threading
+
+#
+# Global variables
+#
+results = {}
+waiting_for_reply = False
+plugins = {}
+
+class ContextId(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.context = 0
+    def __call__(self, id):
+        self.context += 1
+        return self.context
+get_context = ContextId()
+
+def waiting_for_reply_clear():
+    global waiting_for_reply
+    waiting_for_reply = False
+
+def waiting_for_reply_set():
+    global waiting_for_reply
+    waiting_for_reply = True
+
+def is_waiting_for_reply():
+    return waiting_for_reply
+
+def event_callback_set(callback):
+    global event_callback
+    event_callback = callback
+
+def event_callback_call(r):
+    global event_callback
+    event_callback(r)
+
+def results_event_set(context):
+    results[context]['e'].set()
+
+def results_event_clear(context):
+    results[context]['e'].clear()
+
+def results_event_wait(context, timeout):
+    results[context]['e'].wait(timeout)
+
+def results_set(context, r):
+    results[context]['r'] = r
+
+def results_append(context, r):
+    results[context]['r'].append(r)
+
+def is_results_context(context):
+    return context in results
+
+def is_results_more(context):
+    return 'm' in results[context]
+
+def results_more_set(context):
+    results[context]['m'] = True
+
+def results_prepare(context):
+    results[context] = {}
+    results[context]['e'] = threading.Event()
+    results[context]['e'].clear()
+    results[context]['r'] = []
+
+def results_get(context):
+    return results[context]['r']
+
+def plugin_register(name, func_table, name_to_id_table, version, msg_id_base_set):
+    plugins[name] = {}
+    p = plugins[name]
+    p['func_table'] = func_table
+    p['name_to_id_table'] = name_to_id_table
+    p['version'] = version
+    p['msg_id_base_set'] = msg_id_base_set
+
+def plugin_show():
+    for p in plugins:
+        print(p)