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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+AsyncOperator is an async wrapper around the Operator sync operations.
+It puts in the loop background the execution of the same methods in
+the Operator.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+import functools
+import logging
+
+from bot_z.operator import Operator
+
+
+alog = logging.getLogger("asyncio")
+
+
+async def _push_to_loop(loop, executor, func, *args, **kwargs):
+    sync_task = [
+        loop.run_in_executor(executor, functools.partial(func, **kwargs), *args)
+    ]
+    res_set, _ = await asyncio.wait(sync_task, loop=loop)
+    res = res_set.pop()
+    return res.result()
+
+
+class AsyncOperator(object):
+    """
+    This is the async version of the Operator.
+    This class DOES NOT inherit from Operator: it contains an
+    active instance of it.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, base_uri: str, name: str, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        self.name = name
+        self.base_uri = base_uri
+        self.op = Operator(base_uri, name, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2)
+        self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+    async def login(self, username: str, password: str) -> None:
+        """Perform the login. Raise if failing."""
+        alog.debug("Logging in [%s]", self.name)
+        _ = await _push_to_loop(
+            self.loop, self.executor, self.op.login, username, password
+        )
+        if not self.op.logged_in:
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to login.")
+        alog.info("Logged in [%s]", self.name)
+
+    async def logout(self) -> None:
+        """Perform the logout. Raise if failing."""
+        alog.debug("Logging out [%s]", self.name)
+        _ = await _push_to_loop(self.loop, self.executor, self.op.logout)
+        if self.op.logged_in:
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to logout.")
+        alog.info("Logged out [%s]", self.name)
+
+    async def checkin(self) -> None:
+        """Perform the checkin. Raise if failing."""
+        alog.debug("Checking in [%s]", self.name)
+        _ = await _push_to_loop(self.loop, self.executor, self.op.check_in)
+        if not self.op.checked_in:
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to checkin.")
+        alog.info("Checked in [%s]", self.name)
+
+    async def checkout(self) -> None:
+        """Perform the checkout. Raise if failing."""
+        alog.debug("Checking out [%s]", self.name)
+        _ = await _push_to_loop(self.loop, self.executor, self.op.check_out)
+        if self.op.checked_in:
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to checkout.")
+        alog.info("Checked out [%s]", self.name)
+
+    @property
+    def logged_in(self) -> bool:
+        return self.op.logged_in
+
+    @property
+    def checked_in(self) -> bool:
+        return self.op.checked_in