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+# QEMU qtest library
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+#
+# Based on qmp.py.
+#
+
+import errno
+import socket
+
+class QEMUQtestProtocol(object):
+    def __init__(self, address, server=False):
+        """
+        Create a QEMUQtestProtocol object.
+
+        @param address: QEMU address, can be either a unix socket path (string)
+                        or a tuple in the form ( address, port ) for a TCP
+                        connection
+        @param server: server mode, listens on the socket (bool)
+        @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
+        @note No connection is established, this is done by the connect() or
+              accept() methods
+        """
+        self._address = address
+        self._sock = self._get_sock()
+        if server:
+            self._sock.bind(self._address)
+            self._sock.listen(1)
+
+    def _get_sock(self):
+        if isinstance(self._address, tuple):
+            family = socket.AF_INET
+        else:
+            family = socket.AF_UNIX
+        return socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+
+    def connect(self):
+        """
+        Connect to the qtest socket.
+
+        @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
+        """
+        self._sock.connect(self._address)
+
+    def accept(self):
+        """
+        Await connection from QEMU.
+
+        @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
+        """
+        self._sock, _ = self._sock.accept()
+
+    def cmd(self, qtest_cmd):
+        """
+        Send a qtest command on the wire.
+
+        @param qtest_cmd: qtest command text to be sent
+        """
+        self._sock.sendall(qtest_cmd + "\n")
+
+    def close(self):
+        self._sock.close()
+
+    def settimeout(self, timeout):
+        self._sock.settimeout(timeout)