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+#pragma once
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+#include "types.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace fan
+{
+namespace control
+{
+
+
+/**
+ * @class Fan
+ *
+ * Represents a fan.  It has sensors used for setting speeds
+ * on all of the contained rotors.  There may or may not be
+ * a 1 to 1 correspondence between rotors and sensors, depending
+ * on how the hardware and hwmon is configured.
+ *
+ */
+class Fan
+{
+    public:
+
+        Fan() = delete;
+        Fan(const Fan&) = delete;
+        Fan(Fan&&) = default;
+        Fan& operator=(const Fan&) = delete;
+        Fan& operator=(Fan&&) = default;
+        ~Fan() = default;
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a fan object with sensors specified by
+         * the fan definition data.
+         *
+         * @param[in] bus - the dbus object
+         * @param[in] def - the fan definition data
+         */
+        Fan(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const FanDefinition& def);
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the speed value on all contained sensors
+         *
+         * @param[in] speed - the value to set
+         */
+        void setSpeed(uint64_t speed);
+
+    private:
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the service name to use for interacting
+         * with the fan sensor passed in.
+         *
+         * @param[in] sensor - the fan tach sensor name
+         * @return - the service name
+         */
+        std::string getService(const std::string& sensor);
+
+        /**
+         * The dbus object
+         */
+        sdbusplus::bus::bus& _bus;
+
+        /**
+         * The inventory name of the fan
+         */
+        std::string _name;
+
+        /**
+         * Vector of hwmon sensors for the rotors
+         */
+        std::vector<std::string> _sensors;
+};
+
+
+}
+}
+}