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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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_DRM_ENCODER_H_
+#define ANDROID_DRM_ENCODER_H_
+
+#include "drmcrtc.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <xf86drmMode.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class DrmEncoder {
+ public:
+  typedef std::vector<DrmCrtc *>::const_iterator CrtcIter;
+
+  DrmEncoder(drmModeEncoderPtr e, DrmCrtc *current_crtc,
+             const std::vector<DrmCrtc *> &possible_crtcs);
+  ~DrmEncoder();
+
+  uint32_t id() const;
+
+  DrmCrtc *crtc() const;
+  void set_crtc(DrmCrtc *crtc);
+
+  CrtcIter begin_possible_crtcs() const;
+  CrtcIter end_possible_crtcs() const;
+
+ private:
+  DrmEncoder(const DrmEncoder &);
+
+  uint32_t id_;
+  DrmCrtc *crtc_;
+
+  uint32_t type_;
+
+  std::vector<DrmCrtc *> possible_crtcs_;
+};
+}
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_DRM_ENCODER_H_