Add API to retrieve settings

Add API to retrieve and cache settings objects of interest.

Change-Id: I8afd58b5b3e9a691e4d3fa6bfba2ba5c92cd2568
Signed-off-by: Deepak Kodihalli <dkodihal@in.ibm.com>
diff --git a/settings.hpp b/settings.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace settings
+{
+
+using Path = std::string;
+using Service = std::string;
+using Interface = std::string;
+
+constexpr auto root = "/";
+
+/** @class Objects
+ *  @brief Fetch paths of settings d-bus objects of interest, upon construction
+ */
+struct Objects
+{
+    public:
+        /** @brief Constructor - fetch settings objects
+         *
+         * @param[in] bus - The Dbus bus object
+         * @param[in] filter - A vector of settings interfaces the caller is
+         *            interested in.
+         */
+        Objects(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const std::vector<Interface>& filter);
+        Objects(const Objects&) = default;
+        Objects& operator=(const Objects&) = default;
+        Objects(Objects&&) = delete;
+        Objects& operator=(Objects&&) = delete;
+        ~Objects() = default;
+
+        /** @brief Fetch d-bus service, given a path and an interface. The
+         *         service can't be cached because mapper returns unique
+         *         service names.
+         *
+         * @param[in] path - The Dbus object
+         * @param[in] interface - The Dbus interface
+         *
+         * @return std::string - the dbus service
+         */
+        Service service(const Path& path, const Interface& interface) const;
+
+        // TODO openbmc/openbmc#2058 - This will break when multiple settings,
+        // or in general multiple objects implement a single setting interface.
+        // For instance this will break for a 2-blade server, because we'd have
+        // 2 sets of settings objects. Need to revisit and fix this.
+        /** @brief map of settings objects */
+        std::map<Interface, Path> map;
+
+        /** @brief The Dbus bus object */
+        sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus;
+};
+
+} // namespace settings