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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2020 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
+{
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+class Profiles
+{
+  public:
+    Profiles() = delete;
+    Profiles(const Profiles&) = delete;
+    Profiles(Profiles&&) = delete;
+    Profiles& operator=(const Profiles&) = delete;
+    Profiles& operator=(Profiles&&) = delete;
+    ~Profiles() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * Parses and populates the zone profiles from a json file
+     *
+     * @param[in] bus - sdbusplus bus object
+     */
+    explicit Profiles(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus);
+
+  private:
+    /* JSON file name for profiles */
+    static constexpr auto confFileName = "profiles.json";
+
+    /* The parsed JSON object */
+    json _jsonObj;
+};
+
+} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json