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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_EGL_NATIVE_SURFACE_H
+#define ANDROID_EGL_NATIVE_SURFACE_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+
+#include <GLES/eglnatives.h>
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+namespace android {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+template <class TYPE>
+class EGLNativeSurface : public egl_native_window_t
+{
+public:
+    EGLNativeSurface() : mCount(0) { 
+        memset(egl_native_window_t::reserved, 0, 
+                sizeof(egl_native_window_t::reserved));
+        memset(egl_native_window_t::reserved_proc, 0, 
+                sizeof(egl_native_window_t::reserved_proc));
+        memset(egl_native_window_t::oem, 0, 
+                sizeof(egl_native_window_t::oem));
+    }
+    inline void incStrong(void*) const {
+        android_atomic_inc(&mCount);
+    }
+    inline void decStrong(void*) const {
+        if (android_atomic_dec(&mCount) == 1) {
+             delete static_cast<const TYPE*>(this);
+         }
+    }
+protected:
+    EGLNativeSurface& operator = (const EGLNativeSurface& rhs);
+    EGLNativeSurface(const EGLNativeSurface& rhs);
+    inline ~EGLNativeSurface() { };
+    mutable volatile int32_t mCount;
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif // ANDROID_EGL_SURFACE_H
+