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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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 UI_VEC3_H
+#define UI_VEC3_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <ui/vec2.h>
+
+namespace android {
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+template <typename T>
+class tvec3 :   public TVecArithmeticOperators<tvec3, T>,
+                public TVecUnaryOperators<tvec3, T>,
+                public TVecComparisonOperators<tvec3, T>,
+                public TVecFunctions<tvec3, T>
+{
+public:
+    enum no_init { NO_INIT };
+    typedef T value_type;
+    typedef T& reference;
+    typedef T const& const_reference;
+    typedef size_t size_type;
+
+    union {
+        struct { T x, y, z; };
+        struct { T s, t, p; };
+        struct { T r, g, b; };
+        Impersonator< tvec2<T> > xy;
+        Impersonator< tvec2<T> > st;
+        Impersonator< tvec2<T> > rg;
+    };
+
+    enum { SIZE = 3 };
+    inline static size_type size() { return SIZE; }
+
+    // array access
+    inline T const& operator [] (size_t i) const { return (&x)[i]; }
+    inline T&       operator [] (size_t i)       { return (&x)[i]; }
+
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // we don't provide copy-ctor and operator= on purpose
+    // because we want the compiler generated versions
+
+    // constructors
+    // leaves object uninitialized. use with caution.
+    explicit tvec3(no_init) { }
+
+    // default constructor
+    tvec3() : x(0), y(0), z(0) { }
+
+    // handles implicit conversion to a tvec4. must not be explicit.
+    template<typename A>
+    tvec3(A v) : x(v), y(v), z(v) { }
+
+    template<typename A, typename B, typename C>
+    tvec3(A x, B y, C z) : x(x), y(y), z(z) { }
+
+    template<typename A, typename B>
+    tvec3(const tvec2<A>& v, B z) : x(v.x), y(v.y), z(z) { }
+
+    template<typename A>
+    explicit tvec3(const tvec3<A>& v) : x(v.x), y(v.y), z(v.z) { }
+
+    template<typename A, typename B>
+    tvec3(const Impersonator< tvec2<A> >& v, B z)
+        : x(((const tvec2<A>&)v).x),
+          y(((const tvec2<A>&)v).y),
+          z(z) { }
+
+    // cross product works only on vectors of size 3
+    template <typename RT>
+    friend inline
+    tvec3 __attribute__((pure)) cross(const tvec3& u, const tvec3<RT>& v) {
+        return tvec3(
+                u.y*v.z - u.z*v.y,
+                u.z*v.x - u.x*v.z,
+                u.x*v.y - u.y*v.x);
+    }
+};
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+typedef tvec3<float> vec3;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif /* UI_VEC4_H */