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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_DAEMON_H_
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_DAEMON_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <chromeos/daemons/dbus_daemon.h>
+
+#include "update_engine/certificate_checker.h"
+#include "update_engine/dbus_service.h"
+#include "update_engine/real_system_state.h"
+#include "update_engine/subprocess.h"
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+class UpdateEngineDaemon : public chromeos::DBusDaemon {
+ public:
+  UpdateEngineDaemon() = default;
+
+ protected:
+  int OnInit() override;
+
+ private:
+  // Run from the main loop when the |dbus_adaptor_| object is registered. At
+  // this point we can request ownership of the DBus service name and continue
+  // initialization.
+  void OnDBusRegistered(bool succeeded);
+
+  // The Subprocess singleton class requires a chromeos::MessageLoop in the
+  // current thread, so we need to initialize it from this class instead of
+  // the main() function.
+  Subprocess subprocess_;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<RealSystemState> real_system_state_;
+  OpenSSLWrapper openssl_wrapper_;
+  std::unique_ptr<UpdateEngineAdaptor> dbus_adaptor_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(UpdateEngineDaemon);
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_DAEMON_H_