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+#
+# Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+"""
+The gRPC client layer for the Netconf agent
+"""
+from Queue import Queue, Empty
+from structlog import get_logger
+from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks, returnValue, DeferredQueue
+
+
+log = get_logger()
+
+
+class GrpcClient(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, connection_manager, channel):
+
+        self.connection_manager = connection_manager
+        self.channel = channel
+        self.logical_stub = None
+
+        self.stopped = False
+
+        self.packet_out_queue = Queue()  # queue to send out PacketOut msgs
+        self.packet_in_queue = DeferredQueue()  # queue to receive PacketIn
+