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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __S1AP_CONFIG_H_
+#define __S1AP_CONFIG_H_
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "s1ap_structs.h"
+
+#define HSS_HOST_NAME_LEN 256
+#define HSS_REALM_LEN 256
+#define SS_IPC_ENDPT_FILE_LEN 256
+
+/**
+ * @brief: Whether HSS to be contacted is freediameter based real HSS or the
+ * dummy designed for performance testing
+ */
+enum  e_HSS_HOST_TYPE {
+	HSS_PERF,
+	HSS_FD,
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief What type of RPC mechanism to use for communication with dummy HSS
+ */
+enum  e_HSS_RPC {
+	HSS_IPC,
+	HSS_RPC,
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief HSS configuration read from hss json file
+ */
+typedef struct s6a_config {
+	/**Defines whether freediameter based hss to be used or inbuilt hss to be
+	 * used.
+	 */
+	enum  e_HSS_HOST_TYPE hss_type;
+
+	/*Applicable in case of in built HSS. Defines which type of communication
+	 * to be used. This is for future provision to support RPC
+	 */
+	enum  e_HSS_RPC hss_rpc;
+	char  *hss_ipc_endpt;
+	char  *hss_host_name;
+	char  *realm;
+} s6a_config;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Initialize json parser for givn file
+ * @param path to the hss json file
+ */
+void
+init_parser(char *path);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Parser hss json file and store parameters in the structure
+ * @params none
+ * @return int as success/fail
+ */
+int
+parse_s6a_conf();
+
+#endif /*__S1AP_CONFIG_H_*/