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+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium 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 COMPONENTS_UPDATE_CLIENT_UPDATE_CHECKER_H_
+#define COMPONENTS_UPDATE_CLIENT_UPDATE_CHECKER_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "base/callback.h"
+#include "base/containers/flat_map.h"
+#include "base/macros.h"
+#include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
+#include "base/optional.h"
+#include "components/update_client/component.h"
+#include "components/update_client/protocol_parser.h"
+#include "url/gurl.h"
+
+namespace update_client {
+
+class Configurator;
+class PersistedData;
+
+class UpdateChecker {
+ public:
+  using UpdateCheckCallback = base::OnceCallback<void(
+      const base::Optional<ProtocolParser::Results>& results,
+      ErrorCategory error_category,
+      int error,
+      int retry_after_sec)>;
+
+  using Factory =
+      std::unique_ptr<UpdateChecker> (*)(scoped_refptr<Configurator> config,
+                                         PersistedData* persistent);
+
+  virtual ~UpdateChecker() = default;
+
+  // Initiates an update check for the components specified by their ids.
+  // |additional_attributes| provides a way to customize the <request> element.
+  // |is_foreground| controls the value of "X-Goog-Update-Interactivity"
+  // header which is sent with the update check.
+  // On completion, the state of |components| is mutated as required by the
+  // server response received.
+  virtual void CheckForUpdates(
+      const std::string& session_id,
+      const std::vector<std::string>& ids_to_check,
+      const IdToComponentPtrMap& components,
+      const base::flat_map<std::string, std::string>& additional_attributes,
+      bool enabled_component_updates,
+      UpdateCheckCallback update_check_callback) = 0;
+
+  static std::unique_ptr<UpdateChecker> Create(
+      scoped_refptr<Configurator> config,
+      PersistedData* persistent);
+
+#if defined(OS_STARBOARD)
+  virtual PersistedData* GetPersistedData() = 0;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+  UpdateChecker() = default;
+
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(UpdateChecker);
+};
+
+}  // namespace update_client
+
+#endif  // COMPONENTS_UPDATE_CLIENT_UPDATE_CHECKER_H_