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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <android/hardware/thermal/1.0/IThermal.h>
+
+#include <hidl/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <hwbinder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <hwbinder/ProcessState.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+
+#define LOG_TAG "android.hardware.thermal@1.0-service"
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+
+using android::sp;
+
+// libhwbinder:
+using android::hardware::IPCThreadState;
+using android::hardware::ProcessState;
+
+// Generated HIDL files
+using android::hardware::thermal::V1_0::IThermal;
+
+int main() {
+    const char instance[] = "thermal";
+    sp<IThermal> service = IThermal::getService(instance, true /* getStub */);
+    if (service.get() == nullptr) {
+        ALOGE("IThermal::getService returned NULL, exiting");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    LOG_FATAL_IF(service->isRemote(), "Implementation is REMOTE!");
+    service->registerAsService(instance);
+
+    ProcessState::self()->setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(0);
+    ProcessState::self()->startThreadPool();
+    IPCThreadState::self()->joinThreadPool();
+}