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+#pragma once
+
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace dbus
+{
+namespace monitoring
+{
+namespace action
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+inline auto log_error(const char* msg)
+{
+    return [=](auto&, auto&)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>(msg);
+    };
+}
+
+} // namespace action
+} // namespace monitoring
+} // namespace dbus
+} // namespace phosphor