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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2008-2017. All Rights Reserved.                        */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+
+#include "Base.h"
+#include "HAL/HAL.h"
+
+namespace frc {
+
+class DriverStation;
+
+#define START_ROBOT_CLASS(_ClassName_)                                       \
+  int main() {                                                               \
+    if (!HAL_Initialize(0)) {                                                \
+      std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: HAL could not be initialized" << std::endl; \
+      return -1;                                                             \
+    }                                                                        \
+    HAL_Report(HALUsageReporting::kResourceType_Language,                    \
+               HALUsageReporting::kLanguage_CPlusPlus);                      \
+    static _ClassName_ robot;                                                \
+    std::printf("\n********** Robot program starting **********\n");         \
+    robot.StartCompetition();                                                \
+  }
+
+/**
+ * Implement a Robot Program framework.
+ * The RobotBase class is intended to be subclassed by a user creating a robot
+ * program. Overridden Autonomous() and OperatorControl() methods are called at
+ * the appropriate time as the match proceeds. In the current implementation,
+ * the Autonomous code will run to completion before the OperatorControl code
+ * could start. In the future the Autonomous code might be spawned as a task,
+ * then killed at the end of the Autonomous period.
+ */
+class RobotBase {
+ public:
+  bool IsEnabled() const;
+  bool IsDisabled() const;
+  bool IsAutonomous() const;
+  bool IsOperatorControl() const;
+  bool IsTest() const;
+  bool IsNewDataAvailable() const;
+  static std::thread::id GetThreadId();
+  virtual void StartCompetition() = 0;
+
+ protected:
+  RobotBase();
+  virtual ~RobotBase() = default;
+
+  RobotBase(const RobotBase&) = delete;
+  RobotBase& operator=(const RobotBase&) = delete;
+
+  DriverStation& m_ds;
+
+  static std::thread::id m_threadId;
+};
+
+}  // namespace frc