AAPT2: Adding basic binding support

This is incomplete. Still requires:

- filling in layout information in the resulting .bind.xml
- processing elements with <view class=""/>
- processing imports

Change-Id: Ie5d4c5e6435591bbed3248129a548736244894eb
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Android.mk b/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
index 14f558e..0622dc6 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 sources := \
 	BigBuffer.cpp \
 	BinaryResourceParser.cpp \
+	BindingXmlPullParser.cpp \
 	ConfigDescription.cpp \
 	Files.cpp \
 	Flag.cpp \
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 
 testSources := \
 	BigBuffer_test.cpp \
+	BindingXmlPullParser_test.cpp \
 	Compat_test.cpp \
 	ConfigDescription_test.cpp \
 	JavaClassGenerator_test.cpp \
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58b96e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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 "BindingXmlPullParser.h"
+#include "Util.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace aapt {
+
+constexpr const char16_t* kBindingNamespaceUri = u"http://schemas.android.com/apk/binding";
+constexpr const char16_t* kAndroidNamespaceUri = u"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
+constexpr const char16_t* kVariableTagName = u"variable";
+constexpr const char* kBindingTagPrefix = "android:binding_";
+
+BindingXmlPullParser::BindingXmlPullParser(const std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser>& parser) :
+        mParser(parser), mOverride(false), mNextTagId(0) {
+}
+
+bool BindingXmlPullParser::readVariableDeclaration() {
+    VarDecl var;
+
+    const auto endAttrIter = mParser->endAttributes();
+    for (auto attrIter = mParser->beginAttributes(); attrIter != endAttrIter; ++attrIter) {
+        if (!attrIter->namespaceUri.empty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (attrIter->name == u"name") {
+            var.name = util::utf16ToUtf8(attrIter->value);
+        } else if (attrIter->name == u"type") {
+            var.type = util::utf16ToUtf8(attrIter->value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    XmlPullParser::skipCurrentElement(mParser.get());
+
+    if (var.name.empty()) {
+        mLastError = "variable declaration missing name";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (var.type.empty()) {
+        mLastError = "variable declaration missing type";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    mVarDecls.push_back(std::move(var));
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool BindingXmlPullParser::readExpressions() {
+    mOverride = true;
+    std::vector<XmlPullParser::Attribute> expressions;
+    std::string idValue;
+
+    const auto endAttrIter = mParser->endAttributes();
+    for (auto attr = mParser->beginAttributes(); attr != endAttrIter; ++attr) {
+        if (attr->namespaceUri == kAndroidNamespaceUri && attr->name == u"id") {
+            idValue = util::utf16ToUtf8(attr->value);
+        } else {
+            StringPiece16 value = util::trimWhitespace(attr->value);
+            if (util::stringStartsWith<char16_t>(value, u"@{") &&
+                    util::stringEndsWith<char16_t>(value, u"}")) {
+                // This is attribute's value is an expression of the form
+                // @{expression}. We need to capture the expression inside.
+                expressions.push_back(XmlPullParser::Attribute{
+                        attr->namespaceUri,
+                        attr->name,
+                        value.substr(2, value.size() - 3).toString()
+                });
+            } else {
+                // This is a normal attribute, use as is.
+                mAttributes.emplace_back(*attr);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Check if we have any expressions.
+    if (!expressions.empty()) {
+        // We have expressions, so let's assign the target a tag number
+        // and add it to our targets list.
+        int32_t targetId = mNextTagId++;
+        mTargets.push_back(Target{
+                util::utf16ToUtf8(mParser->getElementName()),
+                idValue,
+                targetId,
+                std::move(expressions)
+        });
+
+        std::stringstream numGen;
+        numGen << kBindingTagPrefix << targetId;
+        mAttributes.push_back(XmlPullParser::Attribute{
+                std::u16string(kAndroidNamespaceUri),
+                std::u16string(u"tag"),
+                util::utf8ToUtf16(numGen.str())
+        });
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+XmlPullParser::Event BindingXmlPullParser::next() {
+    // Clear old state in preparation for the next event.
+    mOverride = false;
+    mAttributes.clear();
+
+    while (true) {
+        Event event = mParser->next();
+        if (event == Event::kStartElement) {
+            if (mParser->getElementNamespace().empty() &&
+                    mParser->getElementName() == kVariableTagName) {
+                // This is a variable tag. Record data from it, and
+                // then discard the entire element.
+                if (!readVariableDeclaration()) {
+                    // mLastError is set, so getEvent will return kBadDocument.
+                    return getEvent();
+                }
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                // Check for expressions of the form @{} in attribute text.
+                const auto endAttrIter = mParser->endAttributes();
+                for (auto attr = mParser->beginAttributes(); attr != endAttrIter; ++attr) {
+                    StringPiece16 value = util::trimWhitespace(attr->value);
+                    if (util::stringStartsWith<char16_t>(value, u"@{") &&
+                            util::stringEndsWith<char16_t>(value, u"}")) {
+                        if (!readExpressions()) {
+                            return getEvent();
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (event == Event::kStartNamespace || event == Event::kEndNamespace) {
+            if (mParser->getNamespaceUri() == kBindingNamespaceUri) {
+                // Skip binding namespace tags.
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        return event;
+    }
+    return Event::kBadDocument;
+}
+
+bool BindingXmlPullParser::writeToFile(std::ostream& out) const {
+    out << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n";
+    out << "<Layout directory=\"\" layout=\"\" layoutId=\"\">\n";
+
+    // Write the variables.
+    out << "  <Variables>\n";
+    for (const VarDecl& v : mVarDecls) {
+        out << "    <entries name=\"" << v.name << "\" type=\"" << v.type << "\"/>\n";
+    }
+    out << "  </Variables>\n";
+
+    // Write the imports.
+
+    std::stringstream tagGen;
+
+    // Write the targets.
+    out << "  <Targets>\n";
+    for (const Target& t : mTargets) {
+        tagGen.str({});
+        tagGen << kBindingTagPrefix << t.tagId;
+        out << "    <Target boundClass=\"" << t.className << "\" id=\"" << t.id
+            << "\" tag=\"" << tagGen.str() << "\">\n";
+        out << "      <Expressions>\n";
+        for (const XmlPullParser::Attribute& a : t.expressions) {
+            out << "        <Expression attribute=\"" << a.namespaceUri << ":" << a.name
+                << "\" text=\"" << a.value << "\"/>\n";
+        }
+        out << "      </Expressions>\n";
+        out << "    </Target>\n";
+    }
+    out << "  </Targets>\n";
+
+    out << "</Layout>\n";
+    return bool(out);
+}
+
+XmlPullParser::const_iterator BindingXmlPullParser::beginAttributes() const {
+    if (mOverride) {
+        return mAttributes.begin();
+    }
+    return mParser->beginAttributes();
+}
+
+XmlPullParser::const_iterator BindingXmlPullParser::endAttributes() const {
+    if (mOverride) {
+        return mAttributes.end();
+    }
+    return mParser->endAttributes();
+}
+
+size_t BindingXmlPullParser::getAttributeCount() const {
+    if (mOverride) {
+        return mAttributes.size();
+    }
+    return mParser->getAttributeCount();
+}
+
+XmlPullParser::Event BindingXmlPullParser::getEvent() const {
+    if (!mLastError.empty()) {
+        return Event::kBadDocument;
+    }
+    return mParser->getEvent();
+}
+
+const std::string& BindingXmlPullParser::getLastError() const {
+    if (!mLastError.empty()) {
+        return mLastError;
+    }
+    return mParser->getLastError();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getComment() const {
+    return mParser->getComment();
+}
+
+size_t BindingXmlPullParser::getLineNumber() const {
+    return mParser->getLineNumber();
+}
+
+size_t BindingXmlPullParser::getDepth() const {
+    return mParser->getDepth();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getText() const {
+    return mParser->getText();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getNamespacePrefix() const {
+    return mParser->getNamespacePrefix();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getNamespaceUri() const {
+    return mParser->getNamespaceUri();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getElementNamespace() const {
+    return mParser->getElementNamespace();
+}
+
+const std::u16string& BindingXmlPullParser::getElementName() const {
+    return mParser->getElementName();
+}
+
+} // namespace aapt
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.h b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c892b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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 AAPT_BINDING_XML_PULL_PARSER_H
+#define AAPT_BINDING_XML_PULL_PARSER_H
+
+#include "XmlPullParser.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace aapt {
+
+class BindingXmlPullParser : public XmlPullParser {
+public:
+    BindingXmlPullParser(const std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser>& parser);
+    BindingXmlPullParser(const BindingXmlPullParser& rhs) = delete;
+
+    Event getEvent() const override;
+    const std::string& getLastError() const override;
+    Event next() override;
+
+    const std::u16string& getComment() const override;
+    size_t getLineNumber() const override;
+    size_t getDepth() const override;
+
+    const std::u16string& getText() const override;
+
+    const std::u16string& getNamespacePrefix() const override;
+    const std::u16string& getNamespaceUri() const override;
+
+    const std::u16string& getElementNamespace() const override;
+    const std::u16string& getElementName() const override;
+
+    const_iterator beginAttributes() const override;
+    const_iterator endAttributes() const override;
+    size_t getAttributeCount() const override;
+
+    bool writeToFile(std::ostream& out) const;
+
+private:
+    struct VarDecl {
+        std::string name;
+        std::string type;
+    };
+
+    struct Import {
+        std::string name;
+        std::string type;
+    };
+
+    struct Target {
+        std::string className;
+        std::string id;
+        int32_t tagId;
+
+        std::vector<XmlPullParser::Attribute> expressions;
+    };
+
+    bool readVariableDeclaration();
+    bool readExpressions();
+
+    std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser> mParser;
+    std::string mLastError;
+    bool mOverride;
+    std::vector<XmlPullParser::Attribute> mAttributes;
+    std::vector<VarDecl> mVarDecls;
+    std::vector<Target> mTargets;
+    int32_t mNextTagId;
+};
+
+} // namespace aapt
+
+#endif // AAPT_BINDING_XML_PULL_PARSER_H
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28edcb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/aapt2/BindingXmlPullParser_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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 "SourceXmlPullParser.h"
+#include "BindingXmlPullParser.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace aapt {
+
+constexpr const char16_t* kAndroidNamespaceUri = u"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
+
+TEST(BindingXmlPullParserTest, SubstituteBindingExpressionsWithTag) {
+    std::stringstream input;
+    input << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"
+          << "<LinearLayout xmlns:android=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android\"\n"
+          << "              xmlns:bind=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/binding\"\n"
+          << "              android:id=\"@+id/content\">\n"
+          << "  <variable name=\"user\" type=\"com.android.test.User\"/>\n"
+          << "  <TextView android:text=\"@{user.name}\" android:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\n"
+          << "            android:layout_height=\"wrap_content\"/>\n"
+          << "</LinearLayout>\n";
+    std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser> sourceParser = std::make_shared<SourceXmlPullParser>(input);
+    BindingXmlPullParser parser(sourceParser);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kStartNamespace, parser.next());
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::u16string(u"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"),
+              parser.getNamespaceUri());
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement, parser.next());
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::u16string(u"LinearLayout"), parser.getElementName());
+
+    while (parser.next() == XmlPullParser::Event::kText) {}
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement, parser.getEvent());
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::u16string(u"TextView"), parser.getElementName());
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(3u, parser.getAttributeCount());
+    const auto endAttr = parser.endAttributes();
+    EXPECT_NE(endAttr, parser.findAttribute(kAndroidNamespaceUri, u"layout_width"));
+    EXPECT_NE(endAttr, parser.findAttribute(kAndroidNamespaceUri, u"layout_height"));
+    EXPECT_NE(endAttr, parser.findAttribute(kAndroidNamespaceUri, u"tag"));
+
+    while (parser.next() == XmlPullParser::Event::kText) {}
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kEndElement, parser.getEvent());
+
+    while (parser.next() == XmlPullParser::Event::kText) {}
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kEndElement, parser.getEvent());
+    ASSERT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kEndNamespace, parser.next());
+}
+
+TEST(BindingXmlPullParserTest, GenerateVariableDeclarations) {
+    std::stringstream input;
+    input << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"
+          << "<LinearLayout xmlns:android=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android\"\n"
+          << "              xmlns:bind=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/binding\"\n"
+          << "              android:id=\"@+id/content\">\n"
+          << "  <variable name=\"user\" type=\"com.android.test.User\"/>\n"
+          << "</LinearLayout>\n";
+    std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser> sourceParser = std::make_shared<SourceXmlPullParser>(input);
+    BindingXmlPullParser parser(sourceParser);
+
+    while (XmlPullParser::isGoodEvent(parser.next())) {
+        ASSERT_NE(XmlPullParser::Event::kBadDocument, parser.getEvent());
+    }
+
+    std::stringstream output;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(parser.writeToFile(output));
+
+    std::string result = output.str();
+    EXPECT_NE(std::string::npos,
+              result.find("<entries name=\"user\" type=\"com.android.test.User\"/>"));
+}
+
+TEST(BindingXmlPullParserTest, FailOnMissingNameOrTypeInVariableDeclaration) {
+    std::stringstream input;
+    input << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"
+          << "<LinearLayout xmlns:android=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android\"\n"
+          << "              xmlns:bind=\"http://schemas.android.com/apk/binding\"\n"
+          << "              android:id=\"@+id/content\">\n"
+          << "  <variable name=\"user\"/>\n"
+          << "</LinearLayout>\n";
+    std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser> sourceParser = std::make_shared<SourceXmlPullParser>(input);
+    BindingXmlPullParser parser(sourceParser);
+
+    while (XmlPullParser::isGoodEvent(parser.next())) {}
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(XmlPullParser::Event::kBadDocument, parser.getEvent());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parser.getLastError().empty());
+}
+
+
+} // namespace aapt
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Files.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Files.cpp
index 349abbd..8484148 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Files.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Files.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,17 @@
     return mkdirImpl(path) == 0 || errno == EEXIST;
 }
 
+std::string getStem(const StringPiece& path) {
+    const char* start = path.begin();
+    const char* end = path.end();
+    for (const char* current = end - 1; current != start - 1; --current) {
+        if (*current == sDirSep) {
+            return std::string(start, current - start);
+        }
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
 bool FileFilter::setPattern(const StringPiece& pattern) {
     mPatternTokens = util::splitAndLowercase(pattern, ':');
     return true;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Files.h b/tools/aapt2/Files.h
index 37e6f8c..844fd2b 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Files.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Files.h
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
  */
 bool mkdirs(const StringPiece& path);
 
+/**
+ * Returns all but the last part of the path.
+ */
+std::string getStem(const StringPiece& path);
+
 /*
  * Filter that determines which resource files/directories are
  * processed by AAPT. Takes a pattern string supplied by the user.
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
index 3a4b444c..0215a2b 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "AppInfo.h"
 #include "BigBuffer.h"
 #include "BinaryResourceParser.h"
+#include "BindingXmlPullParser.h"
 #include "Files.h"
 #include "Flag.h"
 #include "JavaClassGenerator.h"
@@ -285,8 +286,7 @@
 }
 
 bool collectXml(std::shared_ptr<ResourceTable> table, const Source& source,
-                const ResourceName& name,
-                const ConfigDescription& config) {
+                const ResourceName& name, const ConfigDescription& config) {
     std::ifstream in(source.path, std::ifstream::binary);
     if (!in) {
         Logger::error(source) << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
@@ -295,14 +295,14 @@
 
     std::set<size_t> sdkLevels;
 
-    SourceXmlPullParser pullParser(in);
-    while (XmlPullParser::isGoodEvent(pullParser.next())) {
-        if (pullParser.getEvent() != XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement) {
+    SourceXmlPullParser parser(in);
+    while (XmlPullParser::isGoodEvent(parser.next())) {
+        if (parser.getEvent() != XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        const auto endIter = pullParser.endAttributes();
-        for (auto iter = pullParser.beginAttributes(); iter != endIter; ++iter) {
+        const auto endIter = parser.endAttributes();
+        for (auto iter = parser.beginAttributes(); iter != endIter; ++iter) {
             if (iter->namespaceUri == u"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android") {
                 size_t sdkLevel = findAttributeSdkLevel(iter->name);
                 if (sdkLevel > 1) {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
             bool privateRef = false;
             if (ResourceParser::tryParseReference(iter->value, &refName, &create, &privateRef) &&
                     create) {
-                table->addResource(refName, {}, source.line(pullParser.getLineNumber()),
+                table->addResource(refName, {}, source.line(parser.getLineNumber()),
                                    util::make_unique<Id>());
             }
         }
@@ -353,8 +353,14 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    BigBuffer outBuffer(1024);
+    std::shared_ptr<BindingXmlPullParser> binding;
     std::shared_ptr<XmlPullParser> xmlParser = std::make_shared<SourceXmlPullParser>(in);
+    if (item.name.type == ResourceType::kLayout) {
+        binding = std::make_shared<BindingXmlPullParser>(xmlParser);
+        xmlParser = binding;
+    }
+
+    BigBuffer outBuffer(1024);
     XmlFlattener flattener(resolver);
 
     // We strip attributes that do not belong in this version of the resource.
@@ -383,6 +389,22 @@
         Logger::error(outputSource) << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
+
+    if (binding) {
+        // We generated a binding xml file, write it out beside the output file.
+        Source bindingOutput = outputSource;
+        bindingOutput.path += ".bind.xml";
+        std::ofstream bout(bindingOutput.path);
+        if (!bout) {
+            Logger::error(bindingOutput) << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!binding->writeToFile(bout)) {
+            Logger::error(bindingOutput) << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -996,7 +1018,7 @@
     // Load the included libraries.
     std::shared_ptr<android::AssetManager> libraries = std::make_shared<android::AssetManager>();
     for (const Source& source : options.libraries) {
-        if (util::stringEndsWith(source.path, ".arsc")) {
+        if (util::stringEndsWith<char>(source.path, ".arsc")) {
             // We'll process these last so as to avoid a cookie issue.
             continue;
         }
@@ -1009,7 +1031,7 @@
     }
 
     for (const Source& source : options.libraries) {
-        if (!util::stringEndsWith(source.path, ".arsc")) {
+        if (!util::stringEndsWith<char>(source.path, ".arsc")) {
             // We've already processed this.
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Png.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Png.cpp
index dd753f1..76120ac 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Png.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Png.cpp
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@
         goto bail;
     }
 
-    if (util::stringEndsWith(source.path, ".9.png")) {
+    if (util::stringEndsWith<char>(source.path, ".9.png")) {
         if (!do9Patch(&pngInfo, outError)) {
             goto bail;
         }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Util.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Util.cpp
index 8a4c88f..c2418eb 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Util.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Util.cpp
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
     return splitAndTransform(str, sep, ::tolower);
 }
 
-bool stringEndsWith(const StringPiece& str, const StringPiece& suffix) {
-    if (str.size() < suffix.size()) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return str.substr(str.size() - suffix.size(), suffix.size()) == suffix;
-}
-
 StringPiece16 trimWhitespace(const StringPiece16& str) {
     if (str.size() == 0 || str.data() == nullptr) {
         return str;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Util.h b/tools/aapt2/Util.h
index 510ed76..9f9707c 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Util.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Util.h
@@ -34,9 +34,26 @@
 std::vector<std::string> splitAndLowercase(const StringPiece& str, char sep);
 
 /**
+ * Returns true if the string starts with prefix.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+bool stringStartsWith(const BasicStringPiece<T>& str, const BasicStringPiece<T>& prefix) {
+    if (str.size() < prefix.size()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return str.substr(0, prefix.size()) == prefix;
+}
+
+/**
  * Returns true if the string ends with suffix.
  */
-bool stringEndsWith(const StringPiece& str, const StringPiece& suffix);
+template <typename T>
+bool stringEndsWith(const BasicStringPiece<T>& str, const BasicStringPiece<T>& suffix) {
+    if (str.size() < suffix.size()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return str.substr(str.size() - suffix.size(), suffix.size()) == suffix;
+}
 
 /**
  * Creates a new StringPiece16 that points to a substring
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Util_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Util_test.cpp
index 7dbe7e0..c16f6bb 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Util_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Util_test.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 }
 
 TEST(UtilTest, StringEndsWith) {
-    EXPECT_TRUE(util::stringEndsWith("hello.xml", ".xml"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(util::stringEndsWith<char>("hello.xml", ".xml"));
+}
+
+TEST(UtilTest, StringStartsWith) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(util::stringStartsWith<char>("hello.xml", "he"));
 }
 
 TEST(UtilTest, StringBuilderWhitespaceRemoval) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/data/res/layout/main.xml b/tools/aapt2/data/res/layout/main.xml
index e0b55c0..5160570 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/data/res/layout/main.xml
+++ b/tools/aapt2/data/res/layout/main.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
     android:id="@+id/view"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content">
+
+    <variable name="user" type="com.android.User" />
+
     <View xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
         android:id="@+id/me"
         android:layout_width="1dp"
+        android:text="@{user.name}"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         app:layout_width="false"
         app:flags="complex|weak"