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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Utils file for any Context Hub VTS code (i.e. not specific to e.g. HIDL).
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <future>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace contexthub {
+namespace vts_utils {
+
+// App ID with vendor "GoogT" (Google Testing), app identifier 0x555555. This
+// app ID is reserved and must never appear in the list of loaded apps.
+constexpr uint64_t kNonExistentAppId = 0x476f6f6754555555;
+
+// Helper that does explicit conversion of an enum class to its underlying/base
+// type. Useful for stream output of enum values.
+template <typename EnumType>
+inline constexpr typename std::underlying_type<EnumType>::type asBaseType(EnumType value) {
+    return static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<EnumType>::type>(value);
+}
+
+// Wait for a callback to occur (signaled by the given future) up to the
+// provided timeout. If the future is invalid or the callback does not come
+// within the given time, returns false.
+template <class ReturnType>
+bool waitForCallback(std::future<ReturnType> future, ReturnType* result,
+                     std::chrono::milliseconds timeout = std::chrono::seconds(5)) {
+    auto expiration = std::chrono::system_clock::now() + timeout;
+
+    EXPECT_NE(result, nullptr);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(future.valid());
+    if (result != nullptr && future.valid()) {
+        std::future_status status = future.wait_until(expiration);
+        EXPECT_NE(status, std::future_status::timeout) << "Timed out waiting for callback";
+
+        if (status == std::future_status::ready) {
+            *result = future.get();
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace vts_utils
+}  // namespace contexthub
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android