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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace ldap
+{
+
+/** @brief checks that the given URI is valid LDAP's URI.
+ *      LDAP's URL begins with "ldap://" and LDAPS's URL begins with "ldap://"
+ *  @param[in] URI - URI which needs to be validated.
+ *  @param[in] scheme - LDAP's scheme, scheme equals to "ldaps" to validate
+ *       against LDAPS type URI, for LDAP type URI it is equals to "ldap".
+ *  @returns true if it is valid otherwise false.
+ */
+bool isValidLDAPURI(const std::string& URI, const char* scheme);
+
+} // namespace ldap
+} // namespace phosphor