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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "EffectBufferHalLocal"
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+#include "EffectBufferHalLocal.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+// static
+status_t EffectBufferHalInterface::allocate(
+        size_t size, sp<EffectBufferHalInterface>* buffer) {
+    *buffer = new EffectBufferHalLocal(size);
+    return OK;
+}
+
+// static
+status_t EffectBufferHalInterface::mirror(
+        void* external, size_t size, sp<EffectBufferHalInterface>* buffer) {
+    *buffer = new EffectBufferHalLocal(external, size);
+    return OK;
+}
+
+EffectBufferHalLocal::EffectBufferHalLocal(size_t size)
+        : mOwnBuffer(new uint8_t[size]),
+          mBufferSize(size),
+          mAudioBuffer{0, {mOwnBuffer.get()}} {
+}
+
+EffectBufferHalLocal::EffectBufferHalLocal(void* external, size_t size)
+        : mOwnBuffer(nullptr),
+          mBufferSize(size),
+          mAudioBuffer{0, {external}} {
+}
+
+EffectBufferHalLocal::~EffectBufferHalLocal() {
+}
+
+audio_buffer_t* EffectBufferHalLocal::audioBuffer() {
+    return &mAudioBuffer;
+}
+
+void* EffectBufferHalLocal::externalData() const {
+    return mAudioBuffer.raw;
+}
+
+void EffectBufferHalLocal::setFrameCount(size_t frameCount) {
+    mAudioBuffer.frameCount = frameCount;
+}
+
+void EffectBufferHalLocal::setExternalData(void* external) {
+    ALOGE_IF(mOwnBuffer != nullptr, "Attempt to set external data for allocated buffer");
+    mAudioBuffer.raw = external;
+}
+
+void EffectBufferHalLocal::update() {
+}
+
+void EffectBufferHalLocal::commit() {
+}
+
+} // namespace android