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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BINDER_PERMISSION_H
+#define BINDER_PERMISSION_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <utils/SortedVector.h>
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+
+namespace android {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*
+ * Permission caches the result of the permission check for the given
+ * permission name and the provided uid/pid. It also handles a few
+ * known cases efficiently (caller is in the same process or is root).
+ * The package manager does something similar but lives in dalvik world
+ * and is therefore extremely slow to access.
+ */
+
+class Permission
+{
+public:
+            Permission(char const* name);
+            Permission(const String16& name);
+            Permission(const Permission& rhs);
+    virtual ~Permission();
+
+    bool operator < (const Permission& rhs) const;
+
+    // checks the current binder call's caller has access to this permission
+    bool checkCalling() const;
+    
+    // checks the specified pid/uid has access to this permission
+    bool check(pid_t pid, uid_t uid) const;
+    
+protected:
+    virtual bool doCheckPermission(pid_t pid, uid_t uid) const;
+
+private:
+    Permission& operator = (const Permission& rhs) const;
+    const String16 mPermissionName;
+    mutable SortedVector<uid_t> mGranted;
+    const pid_t mPid;
+    mutable Mutex mLock;
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif /* BINDER_PERMISSION_H */