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+import logging
+import time
+from typing import Sequence, Callable, Optional, Dict, Union
+import numpy as np
+from hpobench.abstract_benchmark import AbstractBenchmark
+import ConfigSpace
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def sleep_objective_fn(obj, configuration: Dict,
+                       fidelity: Union[Dict, None] = None,
+                       rng: Union[np.random.RandomState, int, None] = None, **kwargs) -> Dict:
+    """ A dummy objective function that does not really perform any computation but simply introduces a delay defined
+    by the attribute '_sleep_duration' of the calling object. It returns a random value in [0, 1) for the key
+    'function_value' and the value of 'obj_sleep_duration' for the cost. It also attaches a dictionary to the key
+    'info' containing the rng, configuration and fidelity values the function was called with in the keys 'rng',
+    'config' and 'fidelity' respectively. """
+
+    _log.debug("Dummy objective function 'sleep_objective_fn' called.")
+    for kwarg in kwargs.items():
+        _log.debug("Ignoring additional keyword argument %s to objective function call." % str(kwarg))
+
+    time.sleep(obj._sleep_duration)
+    return {
+        'function_value': np.random.random(),
+        'cost': obj._sleep_duration,
+        'info': {
+            'rng': rng,
+            'config': configuration,
+            'fidelity': fidelity
+        }
+    }
+
+
+class DummyBenchmark(AbstractBenchmark):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 configspace_params: Sequence[ConfigSpace.hyperparameters.Hyperparameter],
+                 fidelity_params: Sequence[ConfigSpace.hyperparameters.Hyperparameter],
+                 sleep_duration: Optional[float] = 1.0,
+                 obj_fn: Optional[Callable] = sleep_objective_fn, rng: Union[int, np.random.RandomState, None] = None,
+                 **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initializes a DummyBenchmark object with the specified characteristics. DummyBenchmark objects are not
+        expected to perform any actual computations but instead serve as aids in debugging interfaces for HPOBench.
+        They should be configured to expose characteristics expected of an actual benchmark. Note that DummyBenchmark
+        objects are only useful after the object has been initialized and therefore are not suitable for tests designed
+        to work on pre-initialization class methods only, such as those for calls to 'get_configuration_space()' on a
+        Benchmark class itself. To this end, 'get_configuration_space()', 'get_fidelity_space()' and
+        'get_meta_information()' have been re-defined as instance functions of the initialized object instead.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        configspace_params: Sequence of ConfigSpace.hyperparameter.Hyperparameter objects
+            This list of Hyperparameter objects is directly used to define the DummyBenchmark object's configuration
+            space.
+        fidelity_params: Sequence of ConfigSpace.hyperparameter.Hyperparameter objects
+            This list of Hyperparameter objects is directly used to define the DummyBenchmark object's fidelity space.
+        sleep_duration: float (optional)
+            By default, the objective function of DummyBenchmark does not perform any computation and simply
+            introduces a delay of 'sleep_duration' seconds. The default value is 1.0 (seconds).
+        obj_fn: a callable object (optional)
+            This enables the objective function of the dummy benchmark to be changed to a user specified function
+            instead. Default: sleep_objective_fn.
+        rng: int, np.random.RandomState, None
+            The default random state for the benchmark. If type is int, a np.random.RandomState with seed `rng` is
+            created. If type is None, create a new random state. Ignored by DummyBenchmark, directly passed to
+            AbstractBenchmark.
+        """
+
+        _log.debug("Initializing DummyBenchmark object with %s configuration space parameters and %d fidelity space "
+                   "parameters." % (len(configspace_params), len(fidelity_params)))
+        self._sleep_duration = sleep_duration
+        self._config_params = configspace_params
+        self._fidelity_params = fidelity_params
+        self._obj_fn = obj_fn
+        self._meta = {'sleep_duration': sleep_duration, 'obj_fn': obj_fn.__name__}
+        super(DummyBenchmark, self).__init__(rng=rng)
+        _log.info("DummyBenchmark initializer received additional keyword arguments:\n%s" % str(kwargs))
+
+    def get_configuration_space(self, seed: Union[int, None] = None) -> ConfigSpace.ConfigurationSpace:
+        csp = ConfigSpace.ConfigurationSpace(name="Dummy Configuration Space", seed=seed)
+        csp.add_hyperparameters(self._config_params)
+        return csp
+
+    def get_fidelity_space(self, seed: Union[int, None] = None) -> ConfigSpace.ConfigurationSpace:
+        fsp = ConfigSpace.ConfigurationSpace(name="Dummy Fidelity Space", seed=seed)
+        fsp.add_hyperparameters(self._fidelity_params)
+        return fsp
+
+    @AbstractBenchmark.check_parameters
+    def objective_function(self, configuration: Union[ConfigSpace.Configuration, Dict],
+                           fidelity: Union[Dict, ConfigSpace.Configuration, None] = None,
+                           rng: Union[np.random.RandomState, int, None] = None,
+                           **kwargs) -> Dict:
+        return self._obj_fn(self, configuration, fidelity, rng, **kwargs)
+
+    @AbstractBenchmark.check_parameters
+    def objective_function_test(self, configuration: Union[ConfigSpace.Configuration, Dict],
+                                fidelity: Union[Dict, ConfigSpace.Configuration, None] = None,
+                                rng: Union[np.random.RandomState, int, None] = None,
+                                **kwargs) -> Dict:
+        return self._obj_fn(self, configuration, fidelity, rng, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_meta_information(self) -> Dict:
+        return self._meta