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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 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 ANDROID_UI_PRIVATE_SURFACE_BUFFER_H
+#define ANDROID_UI_PRIVATE_SURFACE_BUFFER_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+
+#include <ui/egl/android_natives.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class BufferMapper;
+class Rect;
+class Surface;
+class SurfaceBuffer;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class SurfaceBuffer 
+    : public EGLNativeBase<
+        android_native_buffer_t, 
+        SurfaceBuffer, 
+        LightRefBase<SurfaceBuffer> >
+{
+public:
+    status_t lock(uint32_t usage, void** vaddr);
+    status_t lock(uint32_t usage, const Rect& rect, void** vaddr);
+    status_t unlock();
+
+protected:
+            SurfaceBuffer();
+            SurfaceBuffer(const Parcel& reply);
+    virtual ~SurfaceBuffer();
+    bool mOwner;
+
+    inline const BufferMapper& getBufferMapper() const { return mBufferMapper; }
+    inline BufferMapper& getBufferMapper() { return mBufferMapper; }
+    
+private:
+    friend class Surface;
+    friend class BpSurface;
+    friend class BnSurface;
+    friend class LightRefBase<SurfaceBuffer>;    
+
+    SurfaceBuffer& operator = (const SurfaceBuffer& rhs);
+    const SurfaceBuffer& operator = (const SurfaceBuffer& rhs) const;
+
+    static status_t writeToParcel(Parcel* reply, 
+            android_native_buffer_t const* buffer);
+    
+    BufferMapper& mBufferMapper;
+};
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_UI_PRIVATE_SURFACE_BUFFER_H
+