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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 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 ANDROID_OVERLAY_H
+#define ANDROID_OVERLAY_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/IInterface.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <ui/PixelFormat.h>
+
+#include <hardware/overlay.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class IOverlay;
+class IMemory;
+class IMemoryHeap;
+
+class Overlay : public virtual RefBase
+{
+public:
+    Overlay(overlay_t* overlay, 
+            const sp<IOverlay>& o, const sp<IMemoryHeap>& heap);
+
+    /* destroys this overlay */
+    void destroy();
+    
+    /* post/swaps buffers */
+    status_t swapBuffers();
+    
+    /* get the HAL handle for this overlay */
+    overlay_handle_t const* getHandleRef() const;
+    
+    /* returns the offset of the current buffer */
+    size_t getBufferOffset() const;
+    
+    /* returns a heap to this overlay. this may not be supported. */
+    sp<IMemoryHeap> getHeap() const;
+    
+    /* get physical informations about the overlay */
+    uint32_t getWidth() const;
+    uint32_t getHeight() const;
+    int32_t getFormat() const;
+    int32_t getWidthStride() const;
+    int32_t getHeightStride() const;
+
+    static sp<Overlay> readFromParcel(const Parcel& data);
+    static status_t writeToParcel(Parcel* reply, const sp<Overlay>& o);
+
+private:
+    Overlay(overlay_handle_t*, const sp<IOverlay>&, const sp<IMemoryHeap>&,  
+            uint32_t w, uint32_t h, int32_t f, uint32_t ws, uint32_t hs);
+
+    virtual ~Overlay();
+
+    sp<IOverlay>        mOverlay;
+    sp<IMemoryHeap>     mHeap;
+    size_t              mCurrentBufferOffset;
+    overlay_handle_t const *mOverlayHandle;
+    uint32_t            mWidth;
+    uint32_t            mHeight;
+    int32_t             mFormat;
+    int32_t             mWidthStride;
+    int32_t             mHeightStride;
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_OVERLAY_H