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+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2008, 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 UTILS_H_
+#define UTILS_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <utime.h>
+
+#include <cutils/multiuser.h>
+
+#include <installd_constants.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace installd {
+
+struct dir_rec_t;
+
+typedef struct cache_dir_struct {
+    struct cache_dir_struct* parent;
+    int32_t childCount;
+    int32_t hiddenCount;
+    int32_t deleted;
+    char name[];
+} cache_dir_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+    cache_dir_t* dir;
+    time_t modTime;
+    char name[];
+} cache_file_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+    size_t numDirs;
+    size_t availDirs;
+    cache_dir_t** dirs;
+    size_t numFiles;
+    size_t availFiles;
+    cache_file_t** files;
+    size_t numCollected;
+    void* memBlocks;
+    int8_t* curMemBlockAvail;
+    int8_t* curMemBlockEnd;
+} cache_t;
+
+int create_pkg_path(char path[PKG_PATH_MAX],
+                    const char *pkgname,
+                    const char *postfix,
+                    userid_t userid);
+
+std::string create_data_path(const char* volume_uuid);
+
+std::string create_data_app_path(const char* volume_uuid);
+
+std::string create_data_app_package_path(const char* volume_uuid, const char* package_name);
+
+// TODO: finish refactoring to "_ce"
+std::string create_data_user_path(const char* volume_uuid, userid_t userid);
+std::string create_data_user_de_path(const char* volume_uuid, userid_t userid);
+
+std::string create_data_user_package_path(const char* volume_uuid,
+        userid_t user, const char* package_name);
+std::string create_data_user_de_package_path(const char* volume_uuid,
+        userid_t user, const char* package_name);
+
+std::string create_data_media_path(const char* volume_uuid, userid_t userid);
+
+std::vector<userid_t> get_known_users(const char* volume_uuid);
+
+int create_user_config_path(char path[PKG_PATH_MAX], userid_t userid);
+
+int create_move_path(char path[PKG_PATH_MAX],
+                     const char* pkgname,
+                     const char* leaf,
+                     userid_t userid);
+
+int is_valid_package_name(const char* pkgname);
+
+int delete_dir_contents(const std::string& pathname);
+int delete_dir_contents_and_dir(const std::string& pathname);
+
+int delete_dir_contents(const char *pathname,
+                        int also_delete_dir,
+                        int (*exclusion_predicate)(const char *name, const int is_dir));
+
+int delete_dir_contents_fd(int dfd, const char *name);
+
+int copy_dir_files(const char *srcname, const char *dstname, uid_t owner, gid_t group);
+
+int lookup_media_dir(char basepath[PATH_MAX], const char *dir);
+
+int64_t data_disk_free(const std::string& data_path);
+
+cache_t* start_cache_collection();
+
+void add_cache_files(cache_t* cache, const char *basepath, const char *cachedir);
+
+void clear_cache_files(const std::string& data_path, cache_t* cache, int64_t free_size);
+
+void finish_cache_collection(cache_t* cache);
+
+int validate_system_app_path(const char* path);
+
+int get_path_from_env(dir_rec_t* rec, const char* var);
+
+int get_path_from_string(dir_rec_t* rec, const char* path);
+
+int copy_and_append(dir_rec_t* dst, const dir_rec_t* src, const char* suffix);
+
+int validate_apk_path(const char *path);
+int validate_apk_path_subdirs(const char *path);
+
+int append_and_increment(char** dst, const char* src, size_t* dst_size);
+
+char *build_string2(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+char *build_string3(const char *s1, const char *s2, const char *s3);
+
+int ensure_dir(const char* path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
+int ensure_media_user_dirs(const char* uuid, userid_t userid);
+int ensure_config_user_dirs(userid_t userid);
+
+int wait_child(pid_t pid);
+
+}  // namespace installd
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // UTILS_H_