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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "SurfaceBuffer"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <binder/Parcel.h>
+
+#include <ui/BufferMapper.h>
+#include <ui/Rect.h>
+#include <private/ui/SurfaceBuffer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ============================================================================
+//  SurfaceBuffer
+// ============================================================================
+
+SurfaceBuffer::SurfaceBuffer() 
+    : BASE(), mOwner(false), mBufferMapper(BufferMapper::get()), mIndex(-1)
+{
+    width  = 
+    height = 
+    stride = 
+    format = 
+    usage  = 0;
+    handle = NULL;
+}
+
+SurfaceBuffer::SurfaceBuffer(const Parcel& data) 
+    : BASE(), mOwner(true), mBufferMapper(BufferMapper::get())
+{
+    // we own the handle in this case
+    width  = data.readInt32();
+    if (width < 0) {
+        width = height = stride = format = usage = 0;
+        handle = 0;
+    } else {
+        height = data.readInt32();
+        stride = data.readInt32();
+        format = data.readInt32();
+        usage  = data.readInt32();
+        handle = data.readNativeHandle();
+    }
+}
+
+SurfaceBuffer::~SurfaceBuffer()
+{
+    if (handle && mOwner) {
+        native_handle_close(handle);
+        native_handle_delete(const_cast<native_handle*>(handle));
+    }
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceBuffer::lock(uint32_t usage, void** vaddr)
+{
+    const Rect lockBounds(width, height);
+    status_t res = lock(usage, lockBounds, vaddr);
+    return res;
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceBuffer::lock(uint32_t usage, const Rect& rect, void** vaddr)
+{
+    if (rect.left < 0 || rect.right  > this->width || 
+        rect.top  < 0 || rect.bottom > this->height) {
+        LOGE("locking pixels (%d,%d,%d,%d) outside of buffer (w=%d, h=%d)",
+                rect.left, rect.top, rect.right, rect.bottom, 
+                this->width, this->height);
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+    status_t res = getBufferMapper().lock(handle, usage, rect, vaddr);
+    return res;
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceBuffer::unlock()
+{
+    status_t res = getBufferMapper().unlock(handle);
+    return res;
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceBuffer::writeToParcel(Parcel* reply, 
+        android_native_buffer_t const* buffer)
+{
+    if (buffer == NULL)
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+
+    if (buffer->width < 0 || buffer->height < 0)
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+
+    status_t err = NO_ERROR;
+    if (buffer->handle == NULL) {
+        // this buffer doesn't have a handle
+        reply->writeInt32(NO_MEMORY);
+    } else {
+        reply->writeInt32(buffer->width);
+        reply->writeInt32(buffer->height);
+        reply->writeInt32(buffer->stride);
+        reply->writeInt32(buffer->format);
+        reply->writeInt32(buffer->usage);
+        err = reply->writeNativeHandle(buffer->handle);
+    }
+    return err;
+}
+
+
+void SurfaceBuffer::setIndex(int index) {
+    mIndex = index;
+}
+
+int SurfaceBuffer::getIndex() const {
+    return mIndex;
+}
+
+
+}; // namespace android
+