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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package rktshim
+
+import (
+	kubeletApi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api"
+	runtimeApi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/runtime"
+)
+
+// PodSandboxManager provides basic operations to create/delete and examine
+// the pod sandboxes in a blocking manner.
+type PodSandboxManager struct{}
+
+// TODO(tmrts): Fill the configuration struct fields.
+type PodSandboxManagerConfig struct{}
+
+// NewPodSandboxManager creates a PodSandboxManager.
+func NewPodSandboxManager(PodSandboxManagerConfig) (kubeletApi.PodSandboxManager, error) {
+	return &PodSandboxManager{}, nil
+}
+
+// CreatePodSandbox creates a pod sandbox given a pod sandbox configuration.
+func (*PodSandboxManager) CreatePodSandbox(*runtimeApi.PodSandboxConfig) (string, error) {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// StopPodSandbox stops a pod sandbox and the apps inside the sandbox.
+func (*PodSandboxManager) StopPodSandbox(string) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// RemovePodSandbox deletes the pod sandbox and the apps inside the sandbox.
+func (*PodSandboxManager) RemovePodSandbox(string) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// PodSandboxStatus queries the status of the pod sandbox.
+func (*PodSandboxManager) PodSandboxStatus(string) (*runtimeApi.PodSandboxStatus, error) {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// ListPodSandbox lists existing sandboxes, filtered by the PodSandboxFilter.
+func (*PodSandboxManager) ListPodSandbox(*runtimeApi.PodSandboxFilter) ([]*runtimeApi.PodSandbox, error) {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}