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+/*
+AndroidPlatformHelper.java
+Copyright (C) 2017  Belledonne Communications, Grenoble, France
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+
+package org.linphone.core.tools;
+
+import org.linphone.mediastream.Log;
+
+import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
+import android.net.wifi.WifiManager.MulticastLock;
+import android.net.wifi.WifiManager.WifiLock;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
+import android.net.Network;
+import android.net.NetworkInfo;
+import android.os.PowerManager;
+import android.os.PowerManager.WakeLock;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.List;
+import android.os.Build;
+
+/**
+ * This class is instanciated directly by the linphone library in order to access specific features only accessible in java.
+**/
+
+public class AndroidPlatformHelper{
+	private WifiManager.WifiLock mWifiLock;
+	private WifiManager.MulticastLock mMcastLock;
+	private ConnectivityManager mConnectivityManager;
+	private PowerManager mPowerManager;
+	private WakeLock mWakeLock;
+
+	public AndroidPlatformHelper(Object ctx_obj){
+		Context ctx = (Context) ctx_obj;
+		WifiManager wifiMgr = ctx.getSystemService(WifiManager.class);
+		mPowerManager = (PowerManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
+		mConnectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
+		
+		mWakeLock = mPowerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK,	"AndroidPlatformHelper");
+		mWakeLock.setReferenceCounted(true);
+		mMcastLock = wifiMgr.createMulticastLock("AndroidPlatformHelper");
+		mMcastLock.setReferenceCounted(true);
+		mWifiLock = wifiMgr.createWifiLock(WifiManager.WIFI_MODE_FULL_HIGH_PERF, "AndroidPlatformHelper");
+		mWifiLock.setReferenceCounted(true);
+	}
+	
+	public Object getPowerManager(){
+		return mPowerManager;
+	}
+	
+	public String[] getDnsServers() {
+		if (mConnectivityManager == null || Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
+			return null;
+
+		if (mConnectivityManager.getActiveNetwork() == null
+				|| mConnectivityManager.getLinkProperties(mConnectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()) == null)
+			return null;
+
+		int i = 0;
+		List<InetAddress> inetServers = null;
+		inetServers = mConnectivityManager.getLinkProperties(mConnectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getDnsServers();
+
+		String[] servers = new String[inetServers.size()];
+
+		for (InetAddress address : inetServers) {
+			servers[i++] = address.getHostAddress();
+		}
+		Log.i("getDnsServers() returning");
+		return servers;
+	}
+	public void acquireWifiLock(){
+		Log.i("acquireWifiLock()");
+		mWifiLock.acquire();
+	}
+	public void releaseWifiLock(){
+		Log.i("releaseWifiLock()");
+		mWifiLock.release();
+	}
+	public void acquireMcastLock(){
+		Log.i("acquireMcastLock()");
+		mMcastLock.acquire();
+	}
+	public void releaseMcastLock(){
+		Log.i("releaseMcastLock()");
+		mMcastLock.release();
+	}
+	public void acquireCpuLock(){
+		Log.i("acquireCpuLock()");
+		mWakeLock.acquire();
+	}
+	public void releaseCpuLock(){
+		Log.i("releaseCpuLock()");
+		mWakeLock.release();
+	}
+};
+
+