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+// Copyright 2015 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 UPDATE_ENGINE_SHILL_PROXY_H_
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_SHILL_PROXY_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <base/macros.h>
+#include <dbus/bus.h>
+
+#include "update_engine/dbus_proxies.h"
+#include "update_engine/shill_proxy_interface.h"
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+// This class implements the connection to shill using real DBus calls.
+class ShillProxy : public ShillProxyInterface {
+ public:
+  explicit ShillProxy(const scoped_refptr<dbus::Bus>& bus);
+  ~ShillProxy() override = default;
+
+  // Initializes the ShillProxy instance creating the manager proxy from the
+  // |bus_|.
+  bool Init();
+
+  // ShillProxyInterface overrides.
+  org::chromium::flimflam::ManagerProxyInterface* GetManagerProxy() override;
+  std::unique_ptr<org::chromium::flimflam::ServiceProxyInterface>
+  GetServiceForPath(const std::string& path) override;
+
+ private:
+  // A reference to the main bus for creating new ServiceProxy instances.
+  scoped_refptr<dbus::Bus> bus_;
+  std::unique_ptr<org::chromium::flimflam::ManagerProxyInterface>
+      manager_proxy_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ShillProxy);
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_SHILL_PROXY_H_