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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
+
+
+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',
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, ifname, **kargs):
+        super().__init__(ifname, **kargs)