diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+ *
+ * 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 com.google.cloud.spanner.spi.v1;
+
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerException;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.spi.v1.SpannerRpc.Option;
+import com.google.longrunning.Operation;
+import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
+import com.google.spanner.admin.database.v1.Database;
+import com.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance;
+import com.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceConfig;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.BeginTransactionRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.CommitRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.CommitResponse;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.ExecuteSqlRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.PartitionQueryRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.PartitionReadRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.PartitionResponse;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.ReadRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.RollbackRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.Session;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.Transaction;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+
+/** Implementation of Cloud Spanner remote calls using Gapic libraries. */
+public class GapicSpannerRpc implements SpannerRpc {
+
+  @Override
+  public Paginated<InstanceConfig> listInstanceConfigs(int pageSize, @Nullable String pageToken)
+      throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public InstanceConfig getInstanceConfig(String instanceConfigName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Paginated<Instance> listInstances(
+      int pageSize, @Nullable String pageToken, @Nullable String filter) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Operation createInstance(String parent, String instanceId, Instance instance)
+      throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Operation updateInstance(Instance instance, FieldMask fieldMask) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Instance getInstance(String instanceName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void deleteInstance(String instanceName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Paginated<Database> listDatabases(
+      String instanceName, int pageSize, @Nullable String pageToken) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Operation createDatabase(String instanceName, String createDatabaseStatement,
+      Iterable<String> additionalStatements) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Operation updateDatabaseDdl(String databaseName, Iterable<String> updateDatabaseStatements,
+      @Nullable String updateId) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dropDatabase(String databaseName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Database getDatabase(String databaseName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<String> getDatabaseDdl(String databaseName) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Operation getOperation(String name) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Session createSession(String databaseName, @Nullable Map<String, String> labels,
+      @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void deleteSession(String sessionName, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options)
+      throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingCall read(
+      ReadRequest request, ResultStreamConsumer consumer, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingCall executeQuery(
+      ExecuteSqlRequest request, ResultStreamConsumer consumer, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Transaction beginTransaction(
+      BeginTransactionRequest request, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public CommitResponse commit(CommitRequest commitRequest, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options)
+      throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void rollback(RollbackRequest request, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options)
+      throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public PartitionResponse partitionQuery(
+      PartitionQueryRequest request, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public PartitionResponse partitionRead(
+      PartitionReadRequest request, @Nullable Map<Option, ?> options) throws SpannerException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented yet.");
+  }
+}