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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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 "runtime_callbacks.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "thread.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+void RuntimeCallbacks::AddThreadLifecycleCallback(ThreadLifecycleCallback* cb) {
+  thread_callbacks_.push_back(cb);
+}
+
+void RuntimeCallbacks::RemoveThreadLifecycleCallback(ThreadLifecycleCallback* cb) {
+  auto it = std::find(thread_callbacks_.begin(), thread_callbacks_.end(), cb);
+  if (it != thread_callbacks_.end()) {
+    thread_callbacks_.erase(it);
+  }
+}
+
+void RuntimeCallbacks::ThreadStart(Thread* self) {
+  for (ThreadLifecycleCallback* cb : thread_callbacks_) {
+    cb->ThreadStart(self);
+  }
+}
+
+void RuntimeCallbacks::ThreadDeath(Thread* self) {
+  for (ThreadLifecycleCallback* cb : thread_callbacks_) {
+    cb->ThreadDeath(self);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace art