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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 ART_COMPILER_DEBUG_ELF_DEBUG_WRITER_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_DEBUG_ELF_DEBUG_WRITER_H_
+
+#include "base/macros.h"
+#include "base/mutex.h"
+#include "debug/dwarf/dwarf_constants.h"
+#include "elf_builder.h"
+#include "utils/array_ref.h"
+
+namespace art {
+namespace mirror {
+class Class;
+}
+namespace debug {
+struct MethodDebugInfo;
+
+template <typename ElfTypes>
+void WriteDebugInfo(ElfBuilder<ElfTypes>* builder,
+                    const ArrayRef<const MethodDebugInfo>& method_infos,
+                    dwarf::CFIFormat cfi_format,
+                    bool write_oat_patches);
+
+std::vector<uint8_t> MakeMiniDebugInfo(InstructionSet isa,
+                                       size_t rodata_section_size,
+                                       size_t text_section_size,
+                                       const ArrayRef<const MethodDebugInfo>& method_infos);
+
+ArrayRef<const uint8_t> WriteDebugElfFileForMethod(const MethodDebugInfo& method_info);
+
+ArrayRef<const uint8_t> WriteDebugElfFileForClasses(const InstructionSet isa,
+                                                    const ArrayRef<mirror::Class*>& types)
+    SHARED_REQUIRES(Locks::mutator_lock_);
+
+}  // namespace debug
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_DEBUG_ELF_DEBUG_WRITER_H_