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+// Copyright 2022 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.
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "bifurcation.hpp"
+
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+#include <charconv>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace google
+{
+namespace ipmi
+{
+
+BifurcationStatic::BifurcationStatic() :
+    BifurcationStatic(STATIC_BIFURCATION_CONFIG)
+{
+}
+
+BifurcationStatic::BifurcationStatic(std::string_view bifurcationFile) :
+    bifurcationFile(bifurcationFile)
+{
+}
+
+std::optional<std::vector<uint8_t>>
+    BifurcationStatic::getBifurcation(uint8_t index) noexcept
+{
+    // Example valid data:
+    // {
+    //     "1": [8,8],
+    //     "2": [4, 4, 12]
+    // }
+    std::ifstream jsonFile(bifurcationFile.c_str());
+    if (!jsonFile.is_open())
+    {
+        fmt::print(stderr, "Unable to open file {} for bifurcation.\n",
+                   bifurcationFile.data());
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    nlohmann::json jsonData;
+    try
+    {
+        jsonData = nlohmann::json::parse(jsonFile, nullptr, false);
+    }
+    catch (const nlohmann::json::parse_error& ex)
+    {
+        fmt::print(
+            stderr,
+            "Failed to parse the static config. Parse error at byte {}\n",
+            ex.byte);
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<uint8_t> vec;
+    try
+    {
+        std::string key = std::to_string(index);
+        auto value = jsonData[key];
+        value.get_to(vec);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception const& e)
+    {
+        fmt::print(stderr,
+                   "Failed to convert bifurcation value to vec[uin8_t]\n");
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    return vec;
+}
+
+} // namespace ipmi
+} // namespace google