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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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 "allocator.h"
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "base/logging.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+class MallocAllocator : public Allocator {
+ public:
+  explicit MallocAllocator() {}
+  ~MallocAllocator() {}
+
+  virtual void* Alloc(size_t size) {
+    return calloc(sizeof(uint8_t), size);
+  }
+
+  virtual void Free(void* p) {
+    free(p);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MallocAllocator);
+};
+
+MallocAllocator g_malloc_allocator;
+
+class NoopAllocator : public Allocator {
+ public:
+  explicit NoopAllocator() {}
+  ~NoopAllocator() {}
+
+  virtual void* Alloc(size_t size) {
+    LOG(FATAL) << "NoopAllocator::Alloc should not be called";
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  virtual void Free(void* p) {
+    // Noop.
+  }
+
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(NoopAllocator);
+};
+
+NoopAllocator g_noop_allocator;
+
+Allocator* Allocator::GetMallocAllocator() {
+  return &g_malloc_allocator;
+}
+
+Allocator* Allocator::GetNoopAllocator() {
+  return &g_noop_allocator;
+}
+
+
+}  // namespace art