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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2017 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 <map>
+#include <sdbusplus/message.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include "fan.hpp"
+#include "sdbusplus.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace fan
+{
+namespace presence
+{
+
+using namespace std::literals::string_literals;
+
+static const auto invNamespace = "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory"s;
+static const auto itemIface = "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Item"s;
+static const auto invMgrIface = "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Manager"s;
+
+void setPresence(const Fan& fan, bool newState)
+{
+    using namespace sdbusplus::message;
+
+    using Properties = std::map<std::string, variant<std::string, bool>>;
+    using Interfaces = std::map<std::string, Properties>;
+
+    std::map<object_path, Interfaces> obj =
+    {{
+        std::get<1>(fan),
+        {{
+            itemIface,
+            {
+                {"Present"s, newState},
+                {"PrettyName"s, std::get<0>(fan)},
+            }
+        }}
+    }};
+
+    util::SDBusPlus::lookupAndCallMethod(
+            invNamespace,
+            invMgrIface,
+            "Notify"s,
+            obj);
+}
+
+bool getPresence(const Fan& fan)
+{
+    return util::SDBusPlus::getProperty<bool>(
+            std::get<1>(fan),
+            itemIface,
+            "Present"s);
+}
+
+} // namespace presence
+} // namespace fan
+} // namespace phosphor