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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 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_IPERMISSION_CONTROLLER_H
+#define ANDROID_IPERMISSION_CONTROLLER_H
+
+#include <utils/IInterface.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class IPermissionController : public IInterface
+{
+public:
+    DECLARE_META_INTERFACE(PermissionController);
+
+    virtual bool                checkPermission(const String16& permission,
+                                                int32_t pid, int32_t uid) = 0;
+    
+    enum {
+        CHECK_PERMISSION_TRANSACTION = IBinder::FIRST_CALL_TRANSACTION
+    };
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class BnPermissionController : public BnInterface<IPermissionController>
+{
+public:
+    virtual status_t    onTransact( uint32_t code,
+                                    const Parcel& data,
+                                    Parcel* reply,
+                                    uint32_t flags = 0);
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_IPERMISSION_CONTROLLER_H
+