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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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_IPOWERMANAGER_H
+#define ANDROID_IPOWERMANAGER_H
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <binder/IInterface.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// must be kept in sync with interface defined in IPowerManager.aidl
+class IPowerManager : public IInterface
+{
+public:
+    DECLARE_META_INTERFACE(PowerManager);
+
+    virtual status_t acquireWakeLock(int flags, const sp<IBinder>& lock, const String16& tag) = 0;
+    virtual status_t releaseWakeLock(const sp<IBinder>& lock, int flags) = 0;
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_IPOWERMANAGER_H