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+# Copyright 2022 Parallel Software and Systems Group, University of Maryland.
+# See the top-level LICENSE file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# Used to create fake traces to test nsight-reader
+
+import random as rand
+import csv
+
+
+class FakeCreator:
+    def __init__(self, func_names):
+        self.func_names = func_names
+
+    def create_trace(self):
+        # Creating the data for the csv. Column Names
+        data = [["Name", "Start (ns)", "End (ns)", "RangeStack"]]
+
+        # 10,000 value is placeholder for end time
+        data.append(["main", 0, 10000, ":1"])
+
+        # Grabbing 8 function names from list
+        funcs = rand.sample(self.func_names, 8)
+
+        # setting random function time for the first inner function
+        dur = rand.randint(1000, 2000)
+
+        data.append([funcs[0], 5, dur + 5, ":1:2"])
+
+        # Used to store data of inner function calls
+        func_data = []
+
+        # used to calculate skips over inner function calls
+        set_back = 0
+
+        # Creating Function with times
+        for i in range(1, len(funcs)):
+            # Create a list to store inner function calls
+            func = [funcs[i]]
+
+            # Random Number to determine parent function has children func or not
+            func.append(rand.randint(0, 1))
+
+            # Function has inner function calls
+            if func[1]:
+                # Getting Inner Function Names
+                inner_fun = rand.sample(self.func_names, rand.randint(1, 3))
+
+                # Make sure there are no calls of parent function as a child
+                while funcs[i] in inner_fun:
+                    inner_fun = rand.sample(self.func_names, rand.randint(1, 3))
+
+                # Check if function is called within child
+
+                # Getting Inner Function Duration Time
+                dur = rand.sample(range(500, 800), len(inner_fun))
+
+                # Getting Full Time of Functions
+                full_dur = sum(dur)
+
+                # Getting full time of parent Function with padding
+                full_dur_rand = rand.randint(full_dur + 100, full_dur + 500)
+
+                # Appending data to func to store in func_data list
+                # Store of where parent function is in list
+                func.append(i + 2)
+                func.append(full_dur_rand)
+                func.append(inner_fun)
+                func.append(dur)
+
+                func_data.append(func)
+
+                # Update Range Stack for new function in data
+                range_stack = data[i + 1][3]
+                range_new = str(int(range_stack.split(":")[-1]) + 1 + set_back)
+
+                # Appending Function Name, Start Time, End Time, Range Stack
+                data.append(
+                    [
+                        funcs[i],
+                        data[i + 1][2] + 10,
+                        data[i + 1][2] + full_dur_rand,
+                        range_stack[: -(len(range_stack.split(":")[-1]))] + range_new,
+                    ]
+                )
+
+                # Updating set back
+                set_back = len(inner_fun)
+
+            # Function does not have inner function calls
+            else:
+                # Creating Duration Time
+                dur = rand.randint(1000, 3000)
+
+                # Updating Range Stack
+                range_stack = data[i + 1][3]
+                range_new = str(int(range_stack.split(":")[-1]) + 1 + set_back)
+
+                # Resetting set back
+                set_back = 0
+
+                # Appending Function Name, Start Time, End Time, Range Stack
+                data.append(
+                    [
+                        funcs[i],
+                        data[i + 1][2] + 10,
+                        data[i + 1][2] + dur,
+                        range_stack[: -(len(range_stack.split(":")[-1]))] + range_new,
+                    ]
+                )
+
+        # Updating Main Function end time
+        data[1][2] = data[-1][2] + 300
+
+        func_data.reverse()
+
+        # Adding Children to Data
+        for i in func_data:
+            # Getting Children Function Names
+            fun = i[4]
+            # Getting Children Duration Time
+            dur = i[5]
+            # Getting Start Time of Parent Function
+            time = data[i[2]][1]
+            # Getting Index of where Parent Function is in Data List
+            ind = i[2] + 1
+
+            # Getting Creating Range Stack for Children
+            r_stack = data[i[2]][3]
+            last = r_stack.split(":")[-1]
+            r_stack = r_stack + ":" + last
+
+            # Adding Each child to the list one by one
+            for j in range(len(fun)):
+                # Creating Start and End Times for each function
+                time += 10
+                start = time
+                time += dur[j]
+                time += 10
+                end = time
+
+                # Creating new Range Stack
+                r_new = str(int(r_stack.split(":")[-1]) + 1)
+
+                r_stack = r_stack[: -(len(r_stack.split(":")[-1]))] + r_new
+
+                # Inserting Data
+                data.insert(ind, [fun[j], start, end, r_stack])
+
+                # Updating Index to insert data
+                ind += 1
+
+        with open(
+            "../../pipit/tests/data/nbody-nvtx/fake_trace.csv",
+            "w",
+            encoding="UTF8",
+            newline="",
+        ) as f:
+            writer = csv.writer(f)
+            writer.writerows(data)