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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 "config_base.hpp"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
+{
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+/**
+ * @class Profile - Represents a configured fan control profile
+ *
+ * Fan control profiles are optional, therefore the "profiles.json" file is
+ * also optional. A profile can be used to load specific fan control events
+ * based on the configuration of the profile. Fan control events configured
+ * with no profile(s) are always used and events configured for a specified
+ * profile are included when that profile is enabled.
+ *
+ * When no profiles exist, all configured fan control events are used.
+ */
+class Profile : public ConfigBase
+{
+  public:
+    /* JSON file name for profiles */
+    static constexpr auto confFileName = "profiles.json";
+
+    Profile() = delete;
+    Profile(const Profile&) = delete;
+    Profile(Profile&&) = delete;
+    Profile& operator=(const Profile&) = delete;
+    Profile& operator=(Profile&&) = delete;
+    ~Profile() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * Parses and populates a zone profile from JSON object data
+     *
+     * @param[in] bus - sdbusplus bus object
+     * @param[in] jsonObj - JSON object
+     */
+    Profile(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const json& jsonObj);
+
+  private:
+    /* The sdbusplus bus object */
+    sdbusplus::bus::bus& _bus;
+};
+
+} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json