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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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_RS_CPP_UTILS_H
+#define ANDROID_RS_CPP_UTILS_H
+
+#ifndef RS_SERVER
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/Vector.h>
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+#ifdef RS_SERVER
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace android {
+
+    // server has no Vector or String8 classes; implement on top of STL
+    class String8: public std::string {
+    public:
+    String8(const char *ptr) : std::string(ptr) {
+
+        }
+    String8() : std::string() {
+
+        }
+
+        const char* string() const {
+            return this->c_str();
+        }
+
+        void setTo(const char* str, ssize_t len) {
+            this->assign(str, len);
+        }
+        void setTo(const char* str) {
+            this->assign(str);
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    template <class T> class Vector: public std::vector<T> {
+    public:
+        void push(T obj) {
+            this->push_back(obj);
+        }
+        void removeAt(uint32_t index) {
+            this->erase(this->begin() + index);
+        }
+        ssize_t add(const T& obj) {
+            this->push_back(obj);
+            return this->size() - 1;
+        }
+        void setCapacity(ssize_t capacity) {
+            this->resize(capacity);
+        }
+
+        T* editArray() {
+            return this->data();
+        }
+
+        const T* array() {
+            return this->data();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    template<> class Vector<bool>: public std::vector<char> {
+    public:
+        void push(bool obj) {
+            this->push_back(obj);
+        }
+        void removeAt(uint32_t index) {
+            this->erase(this->begin() + index);
+        }
+        ssize_t add(const bool& obj) {
+            this->push_back(obj);
+            return this->size() - 1;
+        }
+        void setCapacity(ssize_t capacity) {
+            this->resize(capacity);
+        }
+
+        bool* editArray() {
+            return (bool*)this->data();
+        }
+
+        const bool* array() {
+            return (const bool*)this->data();
+        }
+    };
+
+}
+
+#endif // RS_SERVER
+
+namespace android {
+namespace renderscript {
+
+#if 1
+#define rsAssert(v) do {if(!(v)) ALOGE("rsAssert failed: %s, in %s at %i", #v, __FILE__, __LINE__);} while (0)
+#else
+#define rsAssert(v) while (0)
+#endif
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsMin(T in1, T in2)
+{
+    if (in1 > in2) {
+        return in2;
+    }
+    return in1;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsMax(T in1, T in2) {
+    if (in1 < in2) {
+        return in2;
+    }
+    return in1;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsFindHighBit(T val) {
+    uint32_t bit = 0;
+    while (val > 1) {
+        bit++;
+        val>>=1;
+    }
+    return bit;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+bool rsIsPow2(T val) {
+    return (val & (val-1)) == 0;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsHigherPow2(T v) {
+    if (rsIsPow2(v)) {
+        return v;
+    }
+    return 1 << (rsFindHighBit(v) + 1);
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsLowerPow2(T v) {
+    if (rsIsPow2(v)) {
+        return v;
+    }
+    return 1 << rsFindHighBit(v);
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T rsRound(T v, unsigned int r) {
+    // Only valid for rounding up to powers of 2.
+    if ((r & (r - 1)) != 0) {
+        rsAssert(false && "Must be power of 2 for rounding up");
+        return v;
+    }
+    T res = v + (r - 1);
+    if (res < v) {
+        rsAssert(false && "Overflow of rounding operation");
+        return v;
+    }
+    res &= ~(r - 1);
+    return res;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t rs888to565(uint32_t r, uint32_t g, uint32_t b) {
+    uint16_t t = 0;
+    t |= b >> 3;
+    t |= (g >> 2) << 5;
+    t |= (r >> 3) << 11;
+    return t;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t rsBoxFilter565(uint16_t i1, uint16_t i2, uint16_t i3, uint16_t i4) {
+    uint32_t r = ((i1 & 0x1f) + (i2 & 0x1f) + (i3 & 0x1f) + (i4 & 0x1f));
+    uint32_t g = ((i1 >> 5) & 0x3f) + ((i2 >> 5) & 0x3f) + ((i3 >> 5) & 0x3f) + ((i4 >> 5) & 0x3f);
+    uint32_t b = ((i1 >> 11) + (i2 >> 11) + (i3 >> 11) + (i4 >> 11));
+    return (r >> 2) | ((g >> 2) << 5) | ((b >> 2) << 11);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t rsBoxFilter8888(uint32_t i1, uint32_t i2, uint32_t i3, uint32_t i4) {
+    uint32_t r = (i1 & 0xff) +         (i2 & 0xff) +         (i3 & 0xff) +         (i4 & 0xff);
+    uint32_t g = ((i1 >> 8) & 0xff) +  ((i2 >> 8) & 0xff) +  ((i3 >> 8) & 0xff) +  ((i4 >> 8) & 0xff);
+    uint32_t b = ((i1 >> 16) & 0xff) + ((i2 >> 16) & 0xff) + ((i3 >> 16) & 0xff) + ((i4 >> 16) & 0xff);
+    uint32_t a = ((i1 >> 24) & 0xff) + ((i2 >> 24) & 0xff) + ((i3 >> 24) & 0xff) + ((i4 >> 24) & 0xff);
+    return (r >> 2) | ((g >> 2) << 8) | ((b >> 2) << 16) | ((a >> 2) << 24);
+}
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif //ANDROID_RS_OBJECT_BASE_H
+
+