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+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+/* This class represents the device software configuration we get from
+ * entity-manager via dbus. Each Code Updater can create its own configuration
+ * class that inherits from this to store additional properties from their
+ * device configuration, like bus/address/...
+ */
+class DeviceConfig
+{
+  public:
+    DeviceConfig(uint32_t vendorIANA, const std::string& compatible,
+                 const std::string& configType, const std::string& name);
+
+    // https://gerrit.openbmc.org/c/openbmc/docs/+/74653
+    // properties from the configuration
+    const uint32_t vendorIANA; // "0x0000A015", 4 bytes as per PLDM spec
+
+    const std::string
+        compatibleHardware; // e.g.
+                            // "com.meta.Hardware.Yosemite4.MedusaBoard.CPLD.LCMX02_2000HC"
+
+    // 'Name' field from the EM config
+    const std::string configName;
+
+    // 'Type' field from the EM config
+    const std::string configType;
+};