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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016, 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 MEDIA_CODEC_BUFFER_H_
+
+#define MEDIA_CODEC_BUFFER_H_
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+struct ABuffer;
+struct AMessage;
+class MediaBufferBase;
+
+/**
+ * Buffers used by MediaCodec.
+ */
+class MediaCodecBuffer : public RefBase {
+public:
+    MediaCodecBuffer(const sp<AMessage> &format, const sp<ABuffer> &buffer);
+
+    /**
+     * MediaCodec will release all references to the buffer when it's done using
+     * it, so the destructor should return the buffer to the owner, such as OMX
+     * components, buffer allocators, surfaces, etc.
+     */
+    virtual ~MediaCodecBuffer() = default;
+
+    // ABuffer-like interface
+    uint8_t *base();
+    uint8_t *data();
+    size_t capacity() const;
+    size_t size() const;
+    size_t offset() const;
+    // Default implementation calls ABuffer::setRange() and returns OK.
+    virtual status_t setRange(size_t offset, size_t size);
+    // TODO: These can be removed if we finish replacing all MediaBuffer's.
+    MediaBufferBase *getMediaBufferBase();
+    void setMediaBufferBase(MediaBufferBase *mediaBuffer);
+
+    // TODO: Specify each field for meta/format.
+    sp<AMessage> meta();
+    sp<AMessage> format();
+
+private:
+    MediaCodecBuffer() = delete;
+
+    const sp<AMessage> mMeta;
+    const sp<AMessage> mFormat;
+    const sp<ABuffer> mBuffer;
+    MediaBufferBase *mMediaBufferBase;
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // MEDIA_CODEC_BUFFER_H_