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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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 <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <ui/Region.h>
+
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+#include "DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h"
+#include "DisplayHardware/HWComposerBufferCache.h"
+#include "RenderEngine/Mesh.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+struct CompositionInfo {
+    HWC2::Composition compositionType;
+    sp<GraphicBuffer> mBuffer = nullptr;
+    int mBufferSlot = BufferQueue::INVALID_BUFFER_SLOT;
+    struct {
+        HWC2::Layer* hwcLayer;
+        int32_t hwid = -1;
+        sp<Fence> fence;
+        HWC2::BlendMode blendMode = HWC2::BlendMode::Invalid;
+        Rect displayFrame;
+        float alpha;
+        FloatRect sourceCrop;
+        HWC2::Transform transform = HWC2::Transform::None;
+        int z;
+        int type;
+        int appId;
+        Region visibleRegion;
+        Region surfaceDamage;
+        sp<NativeHandle> sidebandStream;
+        android_dataspace dataspace;
+        hwc_color_t color;
+    } hwc;
+    struct {
+        Mesh* mesh;
+    } renderEngine;
+};
+
+class LayerBE {
+public:
+    LayerBE();
+
+    // The mesh used to draw the layer in GLES composition mode
+    Mesh mMesh;
+
+    // HWC items, accessed from the main thread
+    struct HWCInfo {
+        HWCInfo()
+              : hwc(nullptr),
+                layer(nullptr),
+                forceClientComposition(false),
+                compositionType(HWC2::Composition::Invalid),
+                clearClientTarget(false) {}
+
+        HWComposer* hwc;
+        HWC2::Layer* layer;
+        bool forceClientComposition;
+        HWC2::Composition compositionType;
+        bool clearClientTarget;
+        Rect displayFrame;
+        FloatRect sourceCrop;
+        HWComposerBufferCache bufferCache;
+    };
+
+
+    // A layer can be attached to multiple displays when operating in mirror mode
+    // (a.k.a: when several displays are attached with equal layerStack). In this
+    // case we need to keep track. In non-mirror mode, a layer will have only one
+    // HWCInfo. This map key is a display layerStack.
+    std::unordered_map<int32_t, HWCInfo> mHwcLayers;
+
+    CompositionInfo compositionInfo;
+};
+
+}; // namespace android
+