diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/StrongTyping.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/StrongTyping.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02db022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/StrongTyping.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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
+namespace android {
+
+template <typename T, template <typename> class AbilityType>
+struct Ability {
+    T& base() { return static_cast<T&>(*this); }
+    T const& base() const { return static_cast<T const&>(*this); }
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Add : Ability<T, Add> {
+    inline T operator+(T const& other) const { return T(this->base().value() + other.value()); }
+    inline T& operator++() {
+        ++this->base().value();
+        return this->base();
+    };
+    inline T operator++(int) {
+        T tmp(this->base());
+        operator++();
+        return tmp;
+    };
+    inline T& operator+=(T const& other) {
+        this->base().value() += other.value();
+        return this->base();
+    };
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Compare : Ability<T, Compare> {
+    inline bool operator==(T const& other) const { return this->base().value() == other.value(); };
+    inline bool operator<(T const& other) const { return this->base().value() < other.value(); }
+    inline bool operator<=(T const& other) const { return (*this < other) || (*this == other); }
+    inline bool operator!=(T const& other) const { return !(*this == other); }
+    inline bool operator>=(T const& other) const { return !(*this < other); }
+    inline bool operator>(T const& other) const { return !(*this < other || *this == other); }
+};
+
+template <typename T, typename W, template <typename> class... Ability>
+struct StrongTyping : Ability<StrongTyping<T, W, Ability...>>... {
+    StrongTyping() : mValue(0) {}
+    explicit StrongTyping(T const& value) : mValue(value) {}
+    StrongTyping(StrongTyping const&) = default;
+    StrongTyping& operator=(StrongTyping const&) = default;
+    inline operator T() const { return mValue; }
+    T const& value() const { return mValue; }
+    T& value() { return mValue; }
+
+private:
+    T mValue;
+};
+} // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
index 2183d34..f85da20 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         "TimeStatsTest.cpp",
         "FrameTracerTest.cpp",
         "TransactionApplicationTest.cpp",
+        "StrongTypingTest.cpp",
         "mock/DisplayHardware/MockComposer.cpp",
         "mock/DisplayHardware/MockDisplay.cpp",
         "mock/DisplayHardware/MockPowerAdvisor.cpp",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/StrongTypingTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/StrongTypingTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ddcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/StrongTypingTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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.
+ */
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "Scheduler/StrongTyping.h"
+
+using namespace testing;
+
+namespace android {
+
+TEST(StrongTypeTest, comparison) {
+    using SpunkyType = StrongTyping<int, struct SpunkyTypeTag, Compare>;
+    SpunkyType f2(22);
+    SpunkyType f1(10);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(f1 == f1);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(10) != SpunkyType(11));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(SpunkyType(31) != SpunkyType(31));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(10) < SpunkyType(11));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(-1) < SpunkyType(0));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(SpunkyType(-10) < SpunkyType(-20));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(10) <= SpunkyType(11));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(10) <= SpunkyType(10));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(-10) <= SpunkyType(1));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(SpunkyType(10) <= SpunkyType(9));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(11) >= SpunkyType(11));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(12) >= SpunkyType(11));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(SpunkyType(11) >= SpunkyType(12));
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(SpunkyType(11) > SpunkyType(12));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(SpunkyType(-11) < SpunkyType(7));
+}
+
+TEST(StrongTypeTest, addition) {
+    using FunkyType = StrongTyping<int, struct FunkyTypeTag, Compare, Add>;
+    FunkyType f2(22);
+    FunkyType f1(10);
+
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1 + f2, Eq(FunkyType(32)));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f2 + f1, Eq(FunkyType(32)));
+
+    EXPECT_THAT(++f1, Eq(11));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1, Eq(11));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1++, Eq(11));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1++, Eq(12));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1, Eq(13));
+
+    auto f3 = f1;
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1, Eq(f3));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1, Lt(f2));
+
+    f3 += f1;
+    EXPECT_THAT(f1, Eq(13));
+    EXPECT_THAT(f3, Eq(26));
+}
+} // namespace android