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+/*
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Intel 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.
+*/
+#include "util.hpp"
+
+#include "conf.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace pid_control
+{
+
+void debugPrint(const std::map<std::string, conf::SensorConfig>& sensorConfig,
+                const std::map<int64_t, conf::PIDConf>& zoneConfig,
+                const std::map<int64_t, conf::ZoneConfig>& zoneDetailsConfig)
+{
+    if constexpr (!conf::DEBUG)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    // print sensor config
+    std::cout << "sensor config:\n";
+    std::cout << "{\n";
+    for (const auto& pair : sensorConfig)
+    {
+
+        std::cout << "\t{" << pair.first << ",\n\t\t{";
+        std::cout << pair.second.type << ", ";
+        std::cout << pair.second.readPath << ", ";
+        std::cout << pair.second.writePath << ", ";
+        std::cout << pair.second.min << ", ";
+        std::cout << pair.second.max << ", ";
+        std::cout << pair.second.timeout << "},\n\t},\n";
+    }
+    std::cout << "}\n\n";
+    std::cout << "ZoneDetailsConfig\n";
+    std::cout << "{\n";
+    for (const auto& zone : zoneDetailsConfig)
+    {
+        std::cout << "\t{" << zone.first << ",\n";
+        std::cout << "\t\t{" << zone.second.minThermalOutput << ", ";
+        std::cout << zone.second.failsafePercent << "}\n\t},\n";
+    }
+    std::cout << "}\n\n";
+    std::cout << "ZoneConfig\n";
+    std::cout << "{\n";
+    for (const auto& zone : zoneConfig)
+    {
+        std::cout << "\t{" << zone.first << "\n";
+        for (const auto& pidconf : zone.second)
+        {
+            std::cout << "\t\t{" << pidconf.first << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t{" << pidconf.second.type << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t{";
+            for (const auto& input : pidconf.second.inputs)
+            {
+                std::cout << "\n\t\t\t" << input << ",\n";
+            }
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t}\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.setpoint << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t{" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.ts << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.proportionalCoeff
+                      << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.integralCoeff
+                      << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.feedFwdOffset
+                      << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.feedFwdGain
+                      << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t{" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.integralLimit.min
+                      << "," << pidconf.second.pidInfo.integralLimit.max
+                      << "},\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t{" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.outLim.min << ","
+                      << pidconf.second.pidInfo.outLim.max << "},\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.slewNeg << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t" << pidconf.second.pidInfo.slewPos << ",\n";
+            std::cout << "\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n";
+        }
+        std::cout << "\t},\n";
+    }
+    std::cout << "}\n\n";
+}
+
+} // namespace pid_control