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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.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include "Layer.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+// A layer that can render a combination of the following effects.
+//   * fill the bounds of the layer with a color
+//   * render a shadow cast by the bounds of the layer
+// If no effects are enabled, the layer is considered to be invisible.
+class EffectLayer : public Layer {
+public:
+    explicit EffectLayer(const LayerCreationArgs&);
+    ~EffectLayer() override;
+
+    sp<compositionengine::LayerFE> getCompositionEngineLayerFE() const override;
+    compositionengine::LayerFECompositionState* editCompositionState() override;
+
+    const char* getType() const override { return "EffectLayer"; }
+    bool isVisible() const override;
+
+    bool setColor(const half3& color) override;
+
+    bool setDataspace(ui::Dataspace dataspace) override;
+
+    ui::Dataspace getDataSpace() const override;
+
+    bool isOpaque(const Layer::State& s) const override;
+
+protected:
+    /*
+     * compositionengine::LayerFE overrides
+     */
+    const compositionengine::LayerFECompositionState* getCompositionState() const override;
+    void preparePerFrameCompositionState() override;
+    std::optional<compositionengine::LayerFE::LayerSettings> prepareClientComposition(
+            compositionengine::LayerFE::ClientCompositionTargetSettings&) override;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<compositionengine::LayerFECompositionState> mCompositionState;
+
+    sp<Layer> createClone() override;
+};
+
+} // namespace android