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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2021 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 "timer.hpp"
+
+#include "../manager.hpp"
+
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace phosphor::fan::control::json::trigger::timer
+{
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+TimerType getType(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    if (!jsonObj.contains("type"))
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Missing required timer trigger type",
+                        entry("JSON=%s", jsonObj.dump().c_str()));
+        throw std::runtime_error("Missing required timer trigger type");
+    }
+    auto type = jsonObj["type"].get<std::string>();
+    if (type == "oneshot")
+    {
+        return TimerType::oneshot;
+    }
+    else if (type == "repeating")
+    {
+        return TimerType::repeating;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>(
+            fmt::format("Timer trigger type '{}' is not supported", type)
+                .c_str(),
+            entry("AVAILABLE_TYPES={oneshot, repeating}"));
+        throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported timer trigger type given");
+    }
+}
+
+std::chrono::microseconds getInterval(const json& jsonObj)
+{
+    if (!jsonObj.contains("interval"))
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Missing required timer trigger interval",
+                        entry("JSON=%s", jsonObj.dump().c_str()));
+        throw std::runtime_error("Missing required timer trigger interval");
+    }
+    return static_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
+        jsonObj["interval"].get<uint64_t>());
+}
+
+void triggerTimer(const json& jsonObj, const std::string& eventName,
+                  Manager* mgr,
+                  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ActionBase>>& actions)
+{
+    // Get the type and interval of this timer from the JSON
+    auto type = getType(jsonObj);
+    auto interval = getInterval(jsonObj);
+
+    // Create/add event timer
+    auto tpPtr = std::make_unique<TimerPkg>(eventName, std::ref(actions));
+    mgr->addTimer(type, interval, std::move(tpPtr));
+}
+
+} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json::trigger::timer