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+#pragma once
+
+#include "sdbusplus/async/context.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace phosphor::software::device
+{
+class Device;
+}
+
+using namespace phosphor::software::device;
+
+namespace phosphor::software::config
+{
+
+/* This class represents the device software configuration we get from
+ * entity-manager via D-Bus. 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 SoftwareConfig
+{
+  public:
+    SoftwareConfig(const std::string& objPath, uint32_t vendorIANA,
+                   const std::string& compatible, const std::string& configType,
+                   const std::string& name);
+
+    // The dbus object path this configuration was fetched from
+    const std::string objectPath;
+
+    // https://github.com/openbmc/entity-manager/blob/master/schemas/firmware.json
+
+    // 'Name' field from the EM config
+    const std::string configName;
+
+    // 'Type' field from the EM config
+    const std::string configType;
+
+    // @returns        the object path of the inventory item which
+    //                 can be associated with this device.
+    sdbusplus::async::task<std::string> getInventoryItemObjectPath(
+        sdbusplus::async::context& ctx);
+
+  private:
+    // 'VendorIANA' field from the EM config
+    const uint32_t vendorIANA; // e.g. "0x0000A015", 4 bytes as per PLDM spec
+
+    // 'CompatibleHardware' field from the EM config
+    const std::string
+        compatibleHardware; // e.g.
+                            // "com.meta.Hardware.Yosemite4.MedusaBoard.CPLD.LCMX02_2000HC"
+
+    friend Device;
+};
+
+}; // namespace phosphor::software::config