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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+//
+
+#ifndef UPDATE_ENGINE_DBUS_CONNECTION_H_
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_DBUS_CONNECTION_H_
+
+#include <base/memory/ref_counted.h>
+#include <brillo/dbus/dbus_connection.h>
+#include <dbus/bus.h>
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+class DBusConnection {
+ public:
+  DBusConnection();
+
+  const scoped_refptr<dbus::Bus>& GetDBus();
+
+  static DBusConnection* Get();
+
+ private:
+  scoped_refptr<dbus::Bus> bus_;
+
+  brillo::DBusConnection dbus_connection_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DBusConnection);
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_DBUS_CONNECTION_H_