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+#pragma once
+
+#include "stream.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace openpower
+{
+namespace pels
+{
+
+/**
+ * @class SectionHeader
+ *
+ * This header is at the start of every PEL section.  It has a size
+ * of 8 bytes.
+ */
+struct SectionHeader
+{
+  public:
+    /**
+     * @brief Constructor
+     */
+    SectionHeader() : id(0), size(0), version(0), subType(0), componentID(0)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Constructor
+     *
+     * @param[in] id - the ID field
+     * @param[in] size - the size field
+     * @param[in] version - the version field
+     * @param[in] subType - the sub-type field
+     * @param[in] componentID - the component ID field
+     */
+    SectionHeader(uint16_t id, uint16_t size, uint8_t version, uint8_t subType,
+                  uint16_t componentID) :
+        id(id),
+        size(size), version(version), subType(subType), componentID(componentID)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief A two character ASCII field which identifies the section type.
+     */
+    uint16_t id;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief The size of the section in bytes, including this section header.
+     */
+    uint16_t size;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief The section format version.
+     */
+    uint8_t version;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief The section sub-type.
+     */
+    uint8_t subType;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief The component ID, which has various meanings depending on the
+     * section.
+     */
+    uint16_t componentID;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Returns the size of header when flattened into a PEL.
+     *
+     * @return size_t - the size of the header
+     */
+    static constexpr size_t flattenedSize()
+    {
+        return sizeof(id) + sizeof(size) + sizeof(version) + sizeof(subType) +
+               sizeof(componentID);
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Stream extraction operator for the SectionHeader
+ *
+ * @param[in] s - the stream
+ * @param[out] header - the SectionHeader object
+ */
+inline Stream& operator>>(Stream& s, SectionHeader& header)
+{
+    s >> header.id >> header.size >> header.version >> header.subType >>
+        header.componentID;
+    return s;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Stream insertion operator for the section header
+ *
+ * @param[out] s - the stream
+ * @param[in] header - the SectionHeader object
+ */
+inline Stream& operator<<(Stream& s, SectionHeader& header)
+{
+    s << header.id << header.size << header.version << header.subType
+      << header.componentID;
+    return s;
+}
+
+} // namespace pels
+} // namespace openpower