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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 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.
+ */
+
+
+#include <rs.h>
+
+#include "RenderScript.h"
+#include "BaseObj.h"
+
+void * BaseObj::getID() const {
+    if (mID == NULL) {
+        ALOGE("Internal error: Object id 0.");
+    }
+    return mID;
+}
+
+BaseObj::BaseObj(void *id, RenderScript *rs) {
+    mRS = rs;
+    mID = id;
+}
+
+void BaseObj::checkValid() {
+    if (mID == 0) {
+        ALOGE("Invalid object.");
+    }
+}
+
+BaseObj::~BaseObj() {
+    rsObjDestroy(mRS->mContext, mID);
+    mRS = NULL;
+    mID = NULL;
+}
+
+void BaseObj::updateFromNative() {
+    const char *name = NULL;
+    rsaGetName(mRS, mID, &name);
+    mName = name;
+}
+
+bool BaseObj::equals(const BaseObj *obj) {
+    // Early-out check to see if both BaseObjs are actually the same
+    if (this == obj)
+        return true;
+    return mID == obj->mID;
+}
+
+
+