diff --git a/tools/lint/common/Android.bp b/tools/lint/common/Android.bp
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+// Copyright (C) 2022 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 {
+    // See: http://go/android-license-faq
+    // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
+    // all of the 'license_kinds' from "frameworks_base_license"
+    // to get the below license kinds:
+    //   SPDX-license-identifier-Apache-2.0
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["frameworks_base_license"],
+}
+
+java_library_host {
+    name: "AndroidCommonLint",
+    srcs: ["src/main/java/**/*.kt"],
+    libs: ["lint_api"],
+    kotlincflags: ["-Xjvm-default=all"],
+}
diff --git a/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/Constants.kt b/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/Constants.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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 com.google.android.lint
+
+import com.google.android.lint.model.Method
+
+const val CLASS_STUB = "Stub"
+const val CLASS_CONTEXT = "android.content.Context"
+const val CLASS_ACTIVITY_MANAGER_SERVICE = "com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService"
+const val CLASS_ACTIVITY_MANAGER_INTERNAL = "android.app.ActivityManagerInternal"
+
+// Enforce permission APIs
+val ENFORCE_PERMISSION_METHODS = listOf(
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "checkPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "checkCallingPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "checkCallingOrSelfPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "enforcePermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "enforceCallingPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_CONTEXT, "enforceCallingOrSelfPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_ACTIVITY_MANAGER_SERVICE, "checkPermission"),
+        Method(CLASS_ACTIVITY_MANAGER_INTERNAL, "enforceCallingPermission")
+)
+
+const val ANNOTATION_PERMISSION_METHOD = "android.annotation.PermissionMethod"
+const val ANNOTATION_PERMISSION_NAME = "android.annotation.PermissionName"
+const val ANNOTATION_PERMISSION_RESULT = "android.content.pm.PackageManager.PermissionResult"
diff --git a/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/PermissionMethodUtils.kt b/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/PermissionMethodUtils.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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 com.google.android.lint
+
+import com.android.tools.lint.detector.api.getUMethod
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UAnnotation
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UCallExpression
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UElement
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UMethod
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UParameter
+import org.jetbrains.uast.UQualifiedReferenceExpression
+
+fun isPermissionMethodCall(callExpression: UCallExpression): Boolean {
+    val method = callExpression.resolve()?.getUMethod() ?: return false
+    return hasPermissionMethodAnnotation(method)
+}
+
+fun hasPermissionMethodAnnotation(method: UMethod): Boolean =
+        getPermissionMethodAnnotation(method) != null
+
+fun getPermissionMethodAnnotation(method: UMethod?): UAnnotation? = method?.uAnnotations
+        ?.firstOrNull { it.qualifiedName == ANNOTATION_PERMISSION_METHOD }
+
+fun hasPermissionNameAnnotation(parameter: UParameter) = parameter.annotations.any {
+    it.hasQualifiedName(ANNOTATION_PERMISSION_NAME)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attempts to return a CallExpression from a QualifiedReferenceExpression (or returns it directly if passed directly)
+ * @param callOrReferenceCall expected to be UCallExpression or UQualifiedReferenceExpression
+ * @return UCallExpression, if available
+ */
+fun findCallExpression(callOrReferenceCall: UElement?): UCallExpression? =
+        when (callOrReferenceCall) {
+            is UCallExpression -> callOrReferenceCall
+            is UQualifiedReferenceExpression -> callOrReferenceCall.selector as? UCallExpression
+            else -> null
+        }
diff --git a/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/model/Method.kt b/tools/lint/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/lint/model/Method.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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 com.google.android.lint.model
+
+/**
+ * Data class to represent a Method
+ */
+data class Method(val clazz: String, val name: String) {
+    override fun toString(): String {
+        return "$clazz#$name"
+    }
+}