diff --git a/include/core/SkTraceMemoryDump.h b/include/core/SkTraceMemoryDump.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SkTraceMemoryDump_DEFINED
+#define SkTraceMemoryDump_DEFINED
+
+#include "SkTypes.h"
+
+class SkDiscardableMemory;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for memory tracing.
+ * This interface is meant to be passed as argument to the memory dump methods of Skia objects.
+ * The implementation of this interface is provided by the embedder.
+ */
+class SK_API SkTraceMemoryDump {
+public:
+    /**
+     *  Appends a new memory dump (i.e. a row) to the trace memory infrastructure.
+     *  If dumpName does not exist yet, a new one is created. Otherwise, a new column is appended to
+     *  the previously created dump.
+     *  Arguments:
+     *    dumpName: an absolute, slash-separated, name for the item being dumped
+     *        e.g., "skia/CacheX/EntryY".
+     *    valueName: a string indicating the name of the column.
+     *        e.g., "size", "active_size", "number_of_objects".
+     *        This string is supposed to be long lived and is NOT copied.
+     *    units: a string indicating the units for the value.
+     *        e.g., "bytes", "objects".
+     *        This string is supposed to be long lived and is NOT copied.
+     *    value: the actual value being dumped.
+     */
+    virtual void dumpNumericValue(const char* dumpName,
+                                  const char* valueName,
+                                  const char* units,
+                                  uint64_t value) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the memory backing for an existing dump.
+     * backingType and backingObjectId are used by the embedder to associate the memory dumped via
+     * dumpNumericValue with the corresponding dump that backs the memory.
+     */
+    virtual void setMemoryBacking(const char* dumpName,
+                                  const char* backingType,
+                                  const char* backingObjectId) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Specialization for memory backed by discardable memory.
+     */
+    virtual void setDiscardableMemoryBacking(
+        const char* dumpName,
+        const SkDiscardableMemory& discardableMemoryObject) = 0;
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~SkTraceMemoryDump() { }
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/TraceMemoryDumpTest.cpp b/tests/TraceMemoryDumpTest.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#include "SkTraceMemoryDump.h"
+
+#include "Test.h"
+
+/*
+ * Build test for SkTraceMemoryDump.
+ */
+class TestSkTraceMemoryDump : public SkTraceMemoryDump {
+public:
+    TestSkTraceMemoryDump() { }
+    ~TestSkTraceMemoryDump() override { }
+
+    void dumpNumericValue(const char* dumpName, const char* valueName, const char* units,
+                          uint64_t value) override { }
+    void setMemoryBacking(const char* dumpName, const char* backingType,
+                          const char* backingObjectId) override { }
+    void setDiscardableMemoryBacking(
+        const char* dumpName,
+        const SkDiscardableMemory& discardableMemoryObject) override { }
+};
+
+DEF_TEST(SkTraceMemoryDump, reporter) {
+    TestSkTraceMemoryDump x;
+    x.dumpNumericValue("foobar", "size", "bytes", 42);
+}