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+# Copyright 2019 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from vyos.ifconfig.interface import Interface
+
+
+@Interface.register
+class DummyIf(Interface):
+    """
+    A dummy interface is entirely virtual like, for example, the loopback
+    interface. The purpose of a dummy interface is to provide a device to route
+    packets through without actually transmitting them.
+    """
+
+    default = {
+        'type': 'dummy',
+    }
+    definition = {
+        **Interface.definition,
+        **{
+            'section': 'dummy',
+            'prefixes': ['dum', ],
+        },
+    }
+
+    def update(self, config):
+        """ General helper function which works on a dictionary retrived by
+        get_config_dict(). It's main intention is to consolidate the scattered
+        interface setup code and provide a single point of entry when workin
+        on any interface. """
+
+        # call base class first
+        super().update(config)
+
+        # Enable/Disable of an interface must always be done at the end of the
+        # derived class to make use of the ref-counting set_admin_state()
+        # function. We will only enable the interface if 'up' was called as
+        # often as 'down'. This is required by some interface implementations
+        # as certain parameters can only be changed when the interface is
+        # in admin-down state. This ensures the link does not flap during
+        # reconfiguration.
+        state = 'down' if 'disable' in config else 'up'
+        self.set_admin_state(state)