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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 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 _MTP_PACKET_H
+#define _MTP_PACKET_H
+
+class MtpStringBuffer;
+
+#include "mtp.h"
+#include "MtpUtils.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+class MtpPacket {
+
+protected:
+    uint8_t*            mBuffer;
+    // current size of the buffer
+    int                 mBufferSize;
+    // number of bytes to add when resizing the buffer
+    int                 mAllocationIncrement;
+    // size of the data in the packet
+    int                 mPacketSize;
+
+public:
+                        MtpPacket(int bufferSize);
+    virtual             ~MtpPacket();
+
+    // sets packet size to the default container size and sets buffer to zero
+    virtual void        reset();
+
+    void                allocate(int length);
+    void                dump();
+
+    uint16_t            getContainerCode() const;
+    void                setContainerCode(uint16_t code);
+
+    MtpTransactionID    getTransactionID() const;
+    void                setTransactionID(MtpTransactionID id);
+
+    uint32_t            getParameter(int index) const;
+    void                setParameter(int index, uint32_t value);
+
+#ifdef MTP_HOST
+    int                 transfer(struct usb_endpoint *ep, void* buffer, int length);
+#endif
+
+protected:
+    uint16_t            getUInt16(int offset) const;
+    uint32_t            getUInt32(int offset) const;
+    void                putUInt16(int offset, uint16_t value);
+    void                putUInt32(int offset, uint32_t value);
+};
+
+#endif // _MTP_PACKET_H