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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GL_UTIL_H_
+#define _GL_UTIL_H_
+
+/* convenience */
+
+GLuint load_program(const char *vert_src, const char *frag_src);
+void matrix_init_ortho(GLfloat *m, float w, float h);
+
+/* context setup / teardown */
+
+int egl_create(EGLDisplay *_display, EGLSurface *_surface, int *_w, int *_h);
+void egl_destroy(EGLDisplay display, EGLSurface surface);
+
+/* internals needed by util.c */
+
+struct CNativeWindow;
+struct CNativeWindow *cnw_create(void);
+void cnw_destroy(struct CNativeWindow *win);
+void cnw_info(struct CNativeWindow *win,
+	unsigned *w, unsigned *h, unsigned *fmt);
+
+#endif