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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID_BASE_OBJ_H__
+#define __ANDROID_BASE_OBJ_H__
+
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <rs.h>
+
+#include "RenderScript.h"
+
+class BaseObj {
+protected:
+    friend class Element;
+    friend class Type;
+
+    void *mID;
+    RenderScript *mRS;
+    android::String8 mName;
+
+    void * getID() const;
+
+    BaseObj(void *id, RenderScript *rs);
+    void checkValid();
+
+public:
+
+    virtual ~BaseObj();
+    virtual void updateFromNative();
+    virtual bool equals(const BaseObj *obj);
+};
+
+#endif