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+// Copyright (c) 2014 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_POLICY_MANAGER_STATE_H
+#define CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_POLICY_MANAGER_STATE_H
+
+#include "update_engine/policy_manager/random_provider.h"
+#include "update_engine/policy_manager/shill_provider.h"
+
+namespace chromeos_policy_manager {
+
+// The State class is an interface to the ensemble of providers. This class
+// gives visibility of the state providers to policy implementations.
+class State {
+ public:
+  virtual ~State() {}
+
+  // Initializes the State instance. Returns whether the initialization
+  // succeeded.
+  bool Init() {
+    return (random_provider_ && random_provider_->Init() &&
+            shill_provider_ && shill_provider_->Init());
+  }
+
+  // These functions return the given provider.
+  RandomProvider* random_provider() { return random_provider_.get(); }
+  ShillProvider* shill_provider() { return shill_provider_.get(); }
+
+ protected:
+  // Initialize the private scoped_ptr for each provider.
+  void set_random_provider(RandomProvider* random_provider) {
+    return random_provider_.reset(random_provider);
+  }
+
+  void set_shill_provider(ShillProvider* shill_provider) {
+    return shill_provider_.reset(shill_provider);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // Instances of the providers.
+  scoped_ptr<RandomProvider> random_provider_;
+  scoped_ptr<ShillProvider> shill_provider_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_policy_manager
+
+#endif  // CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_POLICY_MANAGER_STATE_H