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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Copyright (C) 2020 YADRO
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+/**
+ * @class HostConsole
+ * @brief Connection with host's console.
+ */
+class HostConsole
+{
+  public:
+    /**
+     * @brief Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param[in] socketId socket ID used for construction path to the socket
+     */
+    HostConsole(const std::string& socketId);
+
+    ~HostConsole();
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Connect to the host's console via socket.
+     *
+     * @throw std::invalid_argument if socket ID is invalid
+     * @throw std::system_error in case of other errors
+     */
+    void connect();
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Non-blocking read data from console's socket.
+     *
+     * @param[out] buf buffer to write the incoming data
+     * @param[in] sz size of the buffer
+     *
+     * @throw std::system_error in case of errors
+     *
+     * @return number of actually read bytes
+     */
+    size_t read(char* buf, size_t sz) const;
+
+    /** @brief Get socket file descriptor, used for watching IO. */
+    operator int() const;
+
+  private:
+    /** @brief Socket Id. */
+    std::string socketId;
+    /** @brief File descriptor of the socket. */
+    int socketFd;
+};