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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.
+*/
+#pragma once
+#include <ctime>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <string>
+#include <sdbusplus/asio/object_server.hpp>
+#include <phosphor-logging/elog-errors.hpp>
+#include <xyz/openbmc_project/Common/error.hpp>
+#include <experimental/filesystem>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+
+static constexpr const char *sysdActionStartUnit = "StartUnit";
+static constexpr const char *sysdActionStopUnit = "StopUnit";
+
+void systemdDaemonReload(
+    const std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> &conn);
+
+void systemdUnitAction(const std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> &conn,
+                       const std::string &unitName,
+                       const std::string &actionMethod);
+
+void systemdUnitFileStateChange(
+    const std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> &conn,
+    const std::string &unitName, const std::string &unitState);
+
+bool checkSystemdUnitExist(const std::string &unitName);