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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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 __CUTILS_STR_PARMS_H
+#define __CUTILS_STR_PARMS_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+struct str_parms;
+
+struct str_parms *str_parms_create(void);
+struct str_parms *str_parms_create_str(const char *_string);
+void str_parms_destroy(struct str_parms *str_parms);
+
+void str_parms_del(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key);
+
+int str_parms_add_str(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key,
+                      const char *value);
+int str_parms_add_int(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key, int value);
+
+int str_parms_add_float(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key,
+                        float value);
+
+int str_parms_get_str(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key,
+                      char *out_val, int len);
+int str_parms_get_int(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key,
+                      int *out_val);
+int str_parms_get_float(struct str_parms *str_parms, const char *key,
+                        float *out_val);
+
+char *str_parms_to_str(struct str_parms *str_parms);
+
+/* debug */
+void str_parms_dump(struct str_parms *str_parms);
+
+#endif /* __CUTILS_STR_PARMS_H */