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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.
+ */
+#include "event.hpp"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
+{
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+Event::Event(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const json& jsonObj) :
+    ConfigBase(jsonObj)
+{
+    if (jsonObj.contains("profiles"))
+    {
+        for (const auto& profile : jsonObj["profiles"])
+        {
+            _profiles.emplace_back(profile.get<std::string>());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Event could have a precondition
+    if (!jsonObj.contains("precondition"))
+    {
+        // Event groups are optional
+        if (jsonObj.contains("groups"))
+        {
+            setGroups(jsonObj);
+        }
+        setTriggers(jsonObj);
+        // Event actions are optional
+        if (jsonObj.contains("actions"))
+        {
+            setActions(jsonObj);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        setPrecond(jsonObj);
+    }
+}
+
+void Event::setPrecond(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    const auto& precond = jsonObj["precondition"];
+    if (!precond.contains("name") || !precond.contains("groups") ||
+        !precond.contains("triggers") || !precond.contains("events"))
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Missing required event precondition attributes",
+                        entry("JSON=%s", precond.dump().c_str()));
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Missing required event precondition attributes");
+    }
+    setGroups(precond);
+    setTriggers(precond);
+}
+
+void Event::setGroups(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    for (const auto& group : jsonObj["groups"])
+    {
+        if (!group.contains("name") || !group.contains("interface") ||
+            !group.contains("property"))
+        {
+            log<level::ERR>("Missing required event group attributes",
+                            entry("JSON=%s", group.dump().c_str()));
+            throw std::runtime_error("Missing required event group attributes");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void Event::setTriggers(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    if (!jsonObj.contains("triggers"))
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Missing required event triggers list",
+                        entry("JSON=%s", jsonObj.dump().c_str()));
+        throw std::runtime_error("Missing required event triggers list");
+    }
+}
+
+void Event::setActions(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    for (const auto& action : jsonObj["actions"])
+    {
+        if (!action.contains("name"))
+        {
+            log<level::ERR>("Missing required event action name",
+                            entry("JSON=%s", action.dump().c_str()));
+            throw std::runtime_error("Missing required event action name");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json