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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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 FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMDS_LSHAL_COMMAND_H_
+#define FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMDS_LSHAL_COMMAND_H_
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace lshal {
+
+class Lshal;
+
+// Base class for all *Commands
+class Command {
+public:
+    Command(Lshal& lshal) : mLshal(lshal) {}
+    virtual ~Command() = default;
+    // Expect optind to be set by Lshal::main and points to the next argument
+    // to process.
+    virtual Status main(const std::string &command, const Arg &arg) = 0;
+
+protected:
+    Lshal& mLshal;
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace lshal
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMDS_LSHAL_LIST_COMMAND_H_