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+# Copyright 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 ctypes import cdll, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_bool
+
+from vyos.defaults import reference_tree_cache
+
+LIBPATH = '/usr/lib/libvyosconfig.so.0'
+
+
+class ReferenceTreeError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ReferenceTree:
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+    def __init__(self, cache_file=reference_tree_cache, libpath=LIBPATH):
+        self.__pointer = None
+        self.__lib = cdll.LoadLibrary(libpath)
+
+        # Import functions
+        self.__get_error = self.__lib.get_error
+        self.__get_error.argtypes = []
+        self.__get_error.restype = c_char_p
+
+        self.__read_internal = self.__lib.read_internal_reference_tree
+        self.__read_internal.argtypes = [c_char_p]
+        self.__read_internal.restype = c_void_p
+
+        self.__write_internal = self.__lib.write_internal_reference_tree
+        self.__write_internal.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_char_p]
+
+        self.__to_json = self.__lib.to_json_reference_tree
+        self.__to_json.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+        self.__to_json.restype = c_char_p
+
+        self.__destroy = self.__lib.destroy
+        self.__destroy.argtypes = [c_void_p]
+
+        self.__equal = self.__lib.equal
+        self.__equal.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p]
+        self.__equal.restype = c_bool
+
+        pointer = self.__read_internal(cache_file.encode())
+        if pointer is None:
+            msg = self.__get_error().decode()
+            raise ValueError(f'Failed to read internal rep: {msg}')
+        self.__pointer = pointer
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        if self.__pointer is not None:
+            self.__destroy(self.__pointer)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, ReferenceTree):
+            return self.__equal(self.get_tree(), other.get_tree())
+        return False
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.to_json()
+
+    def get_tree(self):
+        return self.__pointer
+
+    def write_cache(self, file_name):
+        self.__write_internal(self.get_tree(), file_name.encode())
+
+    def to_json(self):
+        return self.__to_json(self.__pointer).decode()