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+/*
+ * 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 ART_COMPILER_DEX_PASS_MANAGER_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_DEX_PASS_MANAGER_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "base/logging.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+class Pass;
+
+class PassManagerOptions {
+ public:
+  PassManagerOptions()
+     : default_print_passes_(false),
+       print_pass_names_(false),
+       print_pass_options_(false) {
+  }
+  explicit PassManagerOptions(const PassManagerOptions&) = default;
+
+  void SetPrintPassNames(bool b) {
+    print_pass_names_ = b;
+  }
+
+  void SetPrintAllPasses() {
+    default_print_passes_ = true;
+  }
+  bool GetPrintAllPasses() const {
+    return default_print_passes_;
+  }
+
+  void SetDisablePassList(const std::string& list) {
+    disable_pass_list_ = list;
+  }
+  const std::string& GetDisablePassList() const {
+    return disable_pass_list_;
+  }
+
+  void SetPrintPassList(const std::string& list) {
+    print_pass_list_ = list;
+  }
+  const std::string& GetPrintPassList() const {
+    return print_pass_list_;
+  }
+
+  void SetDumpPassList(const std::string& list) {
+    dump_pass_list_ = list;
+  }
+  const std::string& GetDumpPassList() const {
+    return dump_pass_list_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Used to set a string that contains the overridden pass options.
+   * @details An overridden pass option means that the pass uses this option
+   * instead of using its default option.
+   * @param s The string passed by user with overridden options. The string is in format
+   * Pass1Name:Pass1Option:Pass1Setting,Pass2Name:Pass2Option::Pass2Setting
+   */
+  void SetOverriddenPassOptions(const std::string& list) {
+    overridden_pass_options_list_ = list;
+  }
+  const std::string& GetOverriddenPassOptions() const {
+    return overridden_pass_options_list_;
+  }
+
+  void SetPrintPassOptions(bool b) {
+    print_pass_options_ = b;
+  }
+  bool GetPrintPassOptions() const {
+    return print_pass_options_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  /** @brief Do we, by default, want to be printing the log messages? */
+  bool default_print_passes_;
+
+  /** @brief What are the passes we want to be printing the log messages? */
+  std::string print_pass_list_;
+
+  /** @brief What are the passes we want to be dumping the CFG? */
+  std::string dump_pass_list_;
+
+  /** @brief String of all options that should be overridden for selected passes */
+  std::string overridden_pass_options_list_;
+
+  /** @brief String of all options that should be overridden for selected passes */
+  std::string disable_pass_list_;
+
+  /** @brief Whether or not we print all the passes when we create the pass manager */
+  bool print_pass_names_;
+
+  /** @brief Whether or not we print all the pass options when we create the pass manager */
+  bool print_pass_options_;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @class PassManager
+ * @brief Owns passes
+ */
+class PassManager {
+ public:
+  explicit PassManager(const PassManagerOptions& options);
+  virtual ~PassManager();
+  void CreateDefaultPassList();
+  void AddPass(const Pass* pass) {
+    passes_.push_back(pass);
+  }
+  /**
+   * @brief Print the pass names of all the passes available.
+   */
+  void PrintPassNames() const;
+  const std::vector<const Pass*>* GetDefaultPassList() const {
+    return &default_pass_list_;
+  }
+  const PassManagerOptions& GetOptions() const {
+    return options_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  /** @brief The set of possible passes.  */
+  std::vector<const Pass*> passes_;
+
+  /** @brief The default pass list is used to initialize pass_list_. */
+  std::vector<const Pass*> default_pass_list_;
+
+  /** @brief Pass manager options. */
+  PassManagerOptions options_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PassManager);
+};
+}  // namespace art
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_DEX_PASS_MANAGER_H_