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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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 <memory>
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include <health/utils.h>
+#include <health2impl/Health.h>
+
+using ::android::sp;
+using ::android::hardware::health::InitHealthdConfig;
+using ::android::hardware::health::V2_1::IHealth;
+using ::android::hardware::health::V2_1::implementation::Health;
+
+using namespace std::literals;
+
+// Passthrough implementation of the health service. Use default configuration.
+// It does not invoke callbacks unless update() is called explicitly. No
+// background thread is spawned to handle callbacks.
+//
+// The passthrough implementation is only allowed in recovery mode, charger, and
+// opened by the hwbinder service.
+// If Android is booted normally, the hwbinder service is used instead.
+//
+// This implementation only implements the "default" instance. It rejects
+// other instance names.
+// Note that the Android framework only reads values from the "default"
+// health HAL 2.1 instance.
+extern "C" IHealth* HIDL_FETCH_IHealth(const char* instance) {
+    if (instance != "default"sv) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    auto config = std::make_unique<healthd_config>();
+    InitHealthdConfig(config.get());
+
+    // This implementation uses default config. If you want to customize it
+    // (e.g. with healthd_board_init), do it here.
+
+    return new Health(std::move(config));
+}