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+// Copyright 2019 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// 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
+//
+//      https://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 ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_
+#define ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "absl/strings/cord.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+#include "absl/types/optional.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+namespace status_internal {
+
+// By default, `Status::ToString` and `operator<<(Status)` print a payload by
+// dumping the type URL and the raw bytes. To help debugging, we provide an
+// extension point, which is a global printer function that can be set by users
+// to specify how to print payloads. The function takes the type URL and the
+// payload as input, and should return a valid human-readable string on success
+// or `absl::nullopt` on failure (in which case it falls back to the default
+// approach of printing the raw bytes).
+// NOTE: This is an internal API and the design is subject to change in the
+// future in a non-backward-compatible way. Since it's only meant for debugging
+// purpose, you should not rely on it in any critical logic.
+using StatusPayloadPrinter = absl::optional<std::string> (*)(absl::string_view,
+                                                             const absl::Cord&);
+
+// Sets the global payload printer. Only one printer should be set per process.
+// If multiple printers are set, it's undefined which one will be used.
+void SetStatusPayloadPrinter(StatusPayloadPrinter);
+
+// Returns the global payload printer if previously set, otherwise `nullptr`.
+StatusPayloadPrinter GetStatusPayloadPrinter();
+
+}  // namespace status_internal
+ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
+}  // namespace absl
+
+#endif  // ABSL_STATUS_STATUS_PAYLOAD_PRINTER_H_