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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+
+// All static variables go here, to control initialization and
+// destruction order in the library.
+
+#include <private/utils/Static.h>
+
+#include <utils/BufferedTextOutput.h>
+#include <utils/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class LibUtilsFirstStatics
+{
+public:
+    LibUtilsFirstStatics()
+    {
+        initialize_string8();
+        initialize_string16();
+    }
+    
+    ~LibUtilsFirstStatics()
+    {
+        terminate_string16();
+        terminate_string8();
+    }
+};
+
+static LibUtilsFirstStatics gFirstStatics;
+int gDarwinCantLoadAllObjects = 1;
+
+// ------------ Text output streams
+
+Vector<int32_t> gTextBuffers;
+
+class LogTextOutput : public BufferedTextOutput
+{
+public:
+    LogTextOutput() : BufferedTextOutput(MULTITHREADED) { }
+    virtual ~LogTextOutput() { };
+
+protected:
+    virtual status_t writeLines(const struct iovec& vec, size_t N)
+    {
+        android_writevLog(&vec, N);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+};
+
+class FdTextOutput : public BufferedTextOutput
+{
+public:
+    FdTextOutput(int fd) : BufferedTextOutput(MULTITHREADED), mFD(fd) { }
+    virtual ~FdTextOutput() { };
+
+protected:
+    virtual status_t writeLines(const struct iovec& vec, size_t N)
+    {
+        writev(mFD, &vec, N);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+
+private:
+    int mFD;
+};
+
+static LogTextOutput gLogTextOutput;
+static FdTextOutput gStdoutTextOutput(STDOUT_FILENO);
+static FdTextOutput gStderrTextOutput(STDERR_FILENO);
+
+TextOutput& alog(gLogTextOutput);
+TextOutput& aout(gStdoutTextOutput);
+TextOutput& aerr(gStderrTextOutput);
+
+#ifndef LIBUTILS_NATIVE
+
+// ------------ ProcessState.cpp
+
+Mutex gProcessMutex;
+sp<ProcessState> gProcess;
+
+class LibUtilsIPCtStatics
+{
+public:
+    LibUtilsIPCtStatics()
+    {
+    }
+    
+    ~LibUtilsIPCtStatics()
+    {
+        IPCThreadState::shutdown();
+    }
+};
+
+static LibUtilsIPCtStatics gIPCStatics;
+
+// ------------ ServiceManager.cpp
+
+Mutex gDefaultServiceManagerLock;
+sp<IServiceManager> gDefaultServiceManager;
+sp<IPermissionController> gPermissionController;
+
+#endif
+
+}   // namespace android