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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+#
+"""A tool for constructing class loader context."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+from manifest import compare_version_gt
+
+
+def parse_args(args):
+  """Parse commandline arguments."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument('--target-sdk-version', default='', dest='sdk',
+    help='specify target SDK version (as it appears in the manifest)')
+  parser.add_argument('--host-classpath-for-sdk', dest='host_classpaths',
+    action='append', nargs=2, metavar=('sdk','classpath'),
+    help='specify classpath on host for a given SDK version or "any" version')
+  parser.add_argument('--target-classpath-for-sdk', dest='target_classpaths',
+    action='append', nargs=2, metavar=('sdk','classpath'),
+    help='specify classpath on target for a given SDK version or "any" version')
+  return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+# The hidl.manager shared library has a dependency on hidl.base. We manually
+# add that information to the class loader context if we see those libraries.
+HIDL_MANAGER = 'android.hidl.manager-V1.0-java'
+HIDL_BASE    = 'android.hidl.base-V1.0-java'
+
+# Special keyword that means that the classpath should be added to class loader
+# context regardless of the target SDK version.
+any_sdk = 'any'
+
+# We assume that the order of classpath arguments passed to this script is
+# correct (matches the order computed by package manager). It is possible to
+# sort them here, but Soong needs to use deterministic order anyway, so it can
+# as well use the correct order.
+def construct_context(versioned_classpaths, target_sdk):
+  context = []
+  for [sdk, classpath] in versioned_classpaths:
+    if sdk == any_sdk or compare_version_gt(sdk, target_sdk):
+      for jar in classpath.split(':'):
+        pcl = 'PCL[%s]' % jar
+        if HIDL_MANAGER in jar:
+          pcl += '{PCL[%s]}' % jar.replace(HIDL_MANAGER, HIDL_BASE, 1)
+        context.append(pcl)
+  return context
+
+def construct_contexts(args):
+  host_context = construct_context(args.host_classpaths, args.sdk)
+  target_context = construct_context(args.target_classpaths, args.sdk)
+  context_sep = '#'
+  return ('class_loader_context_arg=--class-loader-context=PCL[]{%s} ; ' % context_sep.join(host_context) +
+    'stored_class_loader_context_arg=--stored-class-loader-context=PCL[]{%s}' % context_sep.join(target_context))
+
+def main():
+  """Program entry point."""
+  try:
+    args = parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    if not args.sdk:
+      raise SystemExit('target sdk version is not set')
+    if not args.host_classpaths:
+      raise SystemExit('host classpath is not set')
+    if not args.target_classpaths:
+      raise SystemExit('target classpath is not set')
+
+    print(construct_contexts(args))
+
+  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+  except Exception as err:
+    print('error: ' + str(err), file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()