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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "EffectHalLocal"
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
+#include <media/EffectsFactoryApi.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+#include "EffectHalLocal.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+EffectHalLocal::EffectHalLocal(effect_handle_t handle)
+        : mHandle(handle) {
+}
+
+EffectHalLocal::~EffectHalLocal() {
+    int status = EffectRelease(mHandle);
+    ALOGW_IF(status, "Error releasing effect %p: %s", mHandle, strerror(-status));
+    mHandle = 0;
+}
+
+status_t EffectHalLocal::process(audio_buffer_t *inBuffer, audio_buffer_t *outBuffer) {
+    return (*mHandle)->process(mHandle, inBuffer, outBuffer);
+}
+
+status_t EffectHalLocal::processReverse(audio_buffer_t *inBuffer, audio_buffer_t *outBuffer) {
+    return (*mHandle)->process_reverse(mHandle, inBuffer, outBuffer);
+}
+
+status_t EffectHalLocal::command(uint32_t cmdCode, uint32_t cmdSize, void *pCmdData,
+        uint32_t *replySize, void *pReplyData) {
+    return (*mHandle)->command(mHandle, cmdCode, cmdSize, pCmdData, replySize, pReplyData);
+}
+
+status_t EffectHalLocal::getDescriptor(effect_descriptor_t *pDescriptor) {
+    return (*mHandle)->get_descriptor(mHandle, pDescriptor);
+}
+
+} // namespace android