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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.
+ */
+
+#include <bufferhub/BufferClient.h>
+#include <hidl/HidlSupport.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace frameworks {
+namespace bufferhub {
+namespace V1_0 {
+namespace implementation {
+
+using hardware::hidl_handle;
+using hardware::Void;
+
+Return<void> BufferClient::duplicate(duplicate_cb _hidl_cb) {
+    // TODO(b/118614157): implement token generation and registration
+    _hidl_cb(/*token=*/hidl_handle(), /*status=*/BufferHubStatus::NO_ERROR);
+    return Void();
+}
+
+} // namespace implementation
+} // namespace V1_0
+} // namespace bufferhub
+} // namespace frameworks
+} // namespace android
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