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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_BACKEND_MANAGER_H
+#define ANDROID_BACKEND_MANAGER_H
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "Backend.h"
+
+#define REGISTER_BACKEND(name_str_, backend_)                               \
+  static int                                                                \
+      backend = BackendManager::GetInstance()                               \
+                    .RegisterBackend(name_str_,                             \
+                                     []() -> std::unique_ptr<Backend> {     \
+                                       return std::make_unique<backend_>(); \
+                                     });
+
+namespace android {
+
+class BackendManager {
+ public:
+  using backend_constructor_t = std::function<std::unique_ptr<Backend>()>;
+  static BackendManager &GetInstance();
+  int RegisterBackend(const std::string &name,
+                      backend_constructor_t backend_constructor);
+  int SetBackendForDisplay(DrmHwcTwo::HwcDisplay *display);
+  std::unique_ptr<Backend> GetBackendByName(std::string &name);
+  HWC2::Error ValidateDisplay(DrmHwcTwo::HwcDisplay *display,
+                              uint32_t *num_types, uint32_t *num_requests);
+
+ private:
+  BackendManager() = default;
+
+  static const std::vector<std::string> client_devices_;
+
+  std::map<std::string, backend_constructor_t> available_backends_;
+};
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif