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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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 ANDROID_PVPLAYER_H
+#define ANDROID_PVPLAYER_H
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <media/MediaPlayerInterface.h>
+
+#define MAX_OPENCORE_INSTANCES 25
+
+#ifdef MAX_OPENCORE_INSTANCES
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+#endif
+
+class PlayerDriver;
+
+namespace android {
+
+class PVPlayer : public MediaPlayerInterface
+{
+public:
+                        PVPlayer();
+    virtual             ~PVPlayer();
+
+    virtual status_t    initCheck();
+    virtual status_t    setDataSource(const char *url);
+    virtual status_t    setDataSource(int fd, int64_t offset, int64_t length);
+    virtual status_t    setVideoSurface(const sp<ISurface>& surface);
+    virtual status_t    prepare();
+    virtual status_t    prepareAsync();
+    virtual status_t    start();
+    virtual status_t    stop();
+    virtual status_t    pause();
+    virtual bool        isPlaying();
+    virtual status_t    seekTo(int msec);
+    virtual status_t    getCurrentPosition(int *msec);
+    virtual status_t    getDuration(int *msec);
+    virtual status_t    reset();
+    virtual status_t    setLooping(int loop);
+    virtual player_type playerType() { return PV_PLAYER; }
+
+            // make available to PlayerDriver
+            void        sendEvent(int msg, int ext1=0, int ext2=0) { MediaPlayerBase::sendEvent(msg, ext1, ext2); }
+
+private:
+    static void         do_nothing(status_t s, void *cookie, bool cancelled) { }
+    static void         run_init(status_t s, void *cookie, bool cancelled);
+    static void         run_set_video_surface(status_t s, void *cookie, bool cancelled);
+    static void         run_set_audio_output(status_t s, void *cookie, bool cancelled);
+    static void         run_prepare(status_t s, void *cookie, bool cancelled);
+
+    PlayerDriver*               mPlayerDriver;
+    char *                      mDataSourcePath;
+    bool                        mIsDataSourceSet;
+    sp<ISurface>                mSurface;
+    int                         mSharedFd;
+    status_t                    mInit;
+    int                         mDuration;
+
+#ifdef MAX_OPENCORE_INSTANCES
+    static volatile int32_t     sNumInstances;
+#endif
+};
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_PVPLAYER_H