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+// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef BASE_ANDROID_JAVA_HANDLER_THREAD_FOR_TESTING_H_
+#define BASE_ANDROID_JAVA_HANDLER_THREAD_FOR_TESTING_H_
+
+#include <jni.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "base/android/scoped_java_ref.h"
+#include "starboard/types.h"
+
+namespace base {
+
+class WaitableEvent;
+
+namespace android {
+
+class JavaHandlerThread;
+
+// Test-only helpers for working with JavaHandlerThread.
+class JavaHandlerThreadHelpers {
+ public:
+  // Create the Java peer first and test that it works before connecting to the
+  // native object.
+  static std::unique_ptr<JavaHandlerThread> CreateJavaFirst();
+
+  static void ThrowExceptionAndAbort(WaitableEvent* event);
+
+  static bool IsExceptionTestException(
+      ScopedJavaLocalRef<jthrowable> exception);
+
+ private:
+  JavaHandlerThreadHelpers() = default;
+  ~JavaHandlerThreadHelpers() = default;
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+}  // namespace base
+
+#endif  // BASE_ANDROID_JAVA_HANDLER_THREAD_FOR_TESTING_H_