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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+// Parse the given string as yes or no inactivation of some sort. Return one of the
+// ParseBoolResult enumeration values.
+//
+// The following values parse as true:
+//
+//   1
+//   on
+//   true
+//   y
+//   yes
+//
+//
+// The following values parse as false:
+//
+//   0
+//   false
+//   n
+//   no
+//   off
+//
+// Anything else is a parse error.
+//
+// The purpose of this function is to have a single canonical parser for yes-or-no indications
+// throughout the system.
+
+enum class ParseBoolResult {
+  kError,
+  kFalse,
+  kTrue,
+};
+
+ParseBoolResult ParseBool(std::string_view s);
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android