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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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 "VibrationElement.h"
+
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cinttypes>
+
+using android::base::StringPrintf;
+
+namespace android {
+
+// The sentinel to use the default amplitude
+static const int DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE = -1;
+
+// The vibration magnitude for the "DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE" magnitude constant.
+static const uint16_t DEFAULT_MAGNITUDE = 0xc000;
+
+void VibrationElement::dump(std::string& dump) const {
+    dump += StringPrintf("[duration=%lldms, channels=[", duration.count());
+
+    if (channels.size()) {
+        dump += std::to_string(channels[0]);
+        std::for_each(channels.begin() + 1, channels.end(), [&dump](int channel) {
+            dump += ", ";
+            dump += std::to_string(channel);
+        });
+    }
+    dump += "]]";
+}
+
+uint16_t VibrationElement::getChannel(int id) const {
+    if (id >= (int)channels.size()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    // android framework uses DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE to signal that the vibration
+    // should use some built-in default value, denoted here as DEFAULT_MAGNITUDE
+    if (channels[id] == DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE) {
+        return DEFAULT_MAGNITUDE;
+    }
+
+    // convert range [0,255] to [0,65535] (android framework to linux ff ranges)
+    return ((uint16_t)channels[id]) << 8;
+}
+
+bool VibrationElement::isOn() const {
+    return std::any_of(channels.begin(), channels.end(),
+                       [](uint16_t channel) { return channel != 0; });
+}
+
+} // namespace android