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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+ */
+
+// This file is for legacy static variables that we are trying to get rid of.
+// TODO(b/69122224): remove this file
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_HIDL_INTERNAL_STATIC_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_HIDL_INTERNAL_STATIC_H
+
+#include <hidl/Static.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace details {
+
+// deprecated; use getBnConstructorMap instead.
+extern BnConstructorMap gBnConstructorMap;
+// deprecated; use getBsConstructorMap instead.
+extern BsConstructorMap gBsConstructorMap;
+
+}  // namespace details
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif