diff --git a/services/inputflinger/include/TouchpadHardwareState.h b/services/inputflinger/include/TouchpadHardwareState.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <include/gestures.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// A Gestures library HardwareState struct (from libchrome-gestures), but bundled
+// with a vector to contain its FingerStates, so you don't have to worry about where
+// that memory is allocated.
+struct SelfContainedHardwareState {
+    HardwareState state;
+    std::vector<FingerState> fingers;
+};
+
+} // namespace android