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+// Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+
+package apex
+
+import (
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+// Contains 'deapexer' a private module type used by 'prebuilt_apex' to make dex files contained
+// within a .apex file referenced by `prebuilt_apex` available for use by their associated
+// `java_import` modules.
+//
+// An 'apex' module references `java_library` modules from which .dex files are obtained that are
+// stored in the resulting `.apex` file. The resulting `.apex` file is then made available as a
+// prebuilt by referencing it from a `prebuilt_apex`. For each such `java_library` that is used by
+// modules outside the `.apex` file a `java_import` prebuilt is made available referencing a jar
+// that contains the Java classes.
+//
+// When building a Java module type, e.g. `java_module` or `android_app` against such prebuilts the
+// `java_import` provides the classes jar  (jar containing `.class` files) against which the
+// module's `.java` files are compiled. That classes jar usually contains only stub classes. The
+// resulting classes jar is converted into a dex jar (jar containing `.dex` files). Then if
+// necessary the dex jar is further processed by `dexpreopt` to produce an optimized form of the
+// library specific to the current Android version. This process requires access to implementation
+// dex jars for each `java_import`. The `java_import` will obtain the implementation dex jar from
+// the `.apex` file in the associated `prebuilt_apex`.
+//
+// This is intentionally not registered by name as it is not intended to be used from within an
+// `Android.bp` file.
+
+// Properties that are specific to `deapexer` but which need to be provided on the `prebuilt_apex`
+// module.`
+type DeapexerProperties struct {
+	// List of java libraries that are embedded inside this prebuilt APEX bundle and for which this
+	// APEX bundle will provide dex implementation jars for use by dexpreopt and boot jars package
+	// check.
+	Exported_java_libs []string
+}
+
+type Deapexer struct {
+	android.ModuleBase
+	prebuilt android.Prebuilt
+
+	properties         DeapexerProperties
+	apexFileProperties ApexFileProperties
+
+	inputApex android.Path
+}
+
+func privateDeapexerFactory() android.Module {
+	module := &Deapexer{}
+	module.AddProperties(
+		&module.properties,
+		&module.apexFileProperties,
+	)
+	android.InitSingleSourcePrebuiltModule(module, &module.apexFileProperties, "Source")
+	android.InitAndroidMultiTargetsArchModule(module, android.DeviceSupported, android.MultilibCommon)
+	return module
+}
+
+func (p *Deapexer) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
+	return &p.prebuilt
+}
+
+func (p *Deapexer) Name() string {
+	return p.prebuilt.Name(p.ModuleBase.Name())
+}
+
+func (p *Deapexer) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	if err := p.apexFileProperties.selectSource(ctx); err != nil {
+		ctx.ModuleErrorf("%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Add dependencies from the java modules to which this exports files from the `.apex` file onto
+	// this module so that they can access the `DeapexerInfo` object that this provides.
+	for _, lib := range p.properties.Exported_java_libs {
+		dep := prebuiltApexExportedModuleName(ctx, lib)
+		ctx.AddReverseDependency(ctx.Module(), android.DeapexerTag, dep)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Deapexer) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+	p.inputApex = p.Prebuilt().SingleSourcePath(ctx)
+
+	// Create and remember the directory into which the .apex file's contents will be unpacked.
+	deapexerOutput := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "deapexer")
+
+	exports := make(map[string]android.Path)
+
+	// Create mappings from name+tag to all the required exported paths.
+	for _, l := range p.properties.Exported_java_libs {
+		// Populate the exports that this makes available. The path here must match the path of the
+		// file in the APEX created by apexFileForJavaModule(...).
+		exports[l+"{.dexjar}"] = deapexerOutput.Join(ctx, "javalib", l+".jar")
+	}
+
+	// If the prebuilt_apex exports any files then create a build rule that unpacks the apex using
+	// deapexer and verifies that all the required files were created. Also, make the mapping from
+	// name+tag to path available for other modules.
+	if len(exports) > 0 {
+		// Make the information available for other modules.
+		ctx.SetProvider(android.DeapexerProvider, android.NewDeapexerInfo(exports))
+
+		// Create a sorted list of the files that this exports.
+		exportedPaths := make(android.Paths, 0, len(exports))
+		for _, p := range exports {
+			exportedPaths = append(exportedPaths, p)
+		}
+		exportedPaths = android.SortedUniquePaths(exportedPaths)
+
+		// The apex needs to export some files so create a ninja rule to unpack the apex and check that
+		// the required files are present.
+		builder := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
+		command := builder.Command()
+		command.
+			Tool(android.PathForSource(ctx, "build/soong/scripts/unpack-prebuilt-apex.sh")).
+			BuiltTool("deapexer").
+			BuiltTool("debugfs").
+			Input(p.inputApex).
+			Text(deapexerOutput.String())
+		for _, p := range exportedPaths {
+			command.Output(p.(android.WritablePath))
+		}
+		builder.Build("deapexer", "deapex "+ctx.ModuleName())
+	}
+}