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+import os
+
+# Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Limited.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import json
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+from enum import IntEnum, unique
+
+def run_sh_command(args, full_cmd, capture_output=False):
+    '''Utility function to run an external command. Optionally return captured stdout/stderr'''
+
+    # Quote the command line for printing
+    full_cmd_esc = [ shlex.quote(x) for x in full_cmd ]
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        print('### Running {}'.format(' '.join(full_cmd_esc)))
+
+    if capture_output:
+        rc = subprocess.run(full_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        if rc.returncode != 0:
+            print(rc.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
+            print(rc.stderr.decode('utf-8'))
+            raise Exception('Error running command: {}.\n{}'.format(' '.join(full_cmd_esc), rc.stderr.decode('utf-8')))
+        return (rc.stdout, rc.stderr)
+    else:
+        rc = subprocess.run(full_cmd)
+    if rc.returncode != 0:
+        raise Exception('Error running command: {}'.format(' '.join(full_cmd_esc)))
+
+class TosaTestRunner:
+
+    def __init__(self, args, runnerArgs, testDir):
+
+        self.args = args
+        self.runnerArgs = runnerArgs
+        self.testDir = testDir
+
+        # Load the json test file
+        with open(os.path.join(testDir, 'desc.json'), 'r') as fd:
+            self.testDesc = json.load(fd)
+
+    def runModel(self):
+        pass
+
+    class Result(IntEnum):
+        EXPECTED_PASS = 0
+        EXPECTED_FAILURE = 1
+        UNEXPECTED_PASS = 2
+        UNEXPECTED_FAILURE = 3
+        INTERNAL_ERROR = 4