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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 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 "rsObjectBase.h"
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+using namespace android;
+using namespace android::renderscript;
+
+ObjectBase::ObjectBase()
+{
+    mRefCount = 0;
+}
+
+ObjectBase::~ObjectBase()
+{
+    rsAssert(!mRefCount);
+}
+
+void ObjectBase::incRef() const
+{
+    mRefCount ++;
+    //LOGE("ObjectBase %p inc ref %i", this, mRefCount);
+}
+
+void ObjectBase::decRef() const
+{
+    rsAssert(mRefCount > 0);
+    mRefCount --;
+    //LOGE("ObjectBase %p dec ref %i", this, mRefCount);
+    if (!mRefCount) {
+        delete this;
+    }
+}
+