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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_CAMERA_HARDWARE_INTERFACE_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_CAMERA_HARDWARE_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include <binder/IMemory.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <surfaceflinger/ISurface.h>
+#include <camera/Camera.h>
+#include <camera/CameraParameters.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class Overlay;
+
+/**
+ *  The size of image for display.
+ */
+typedef struct image_rect_struct
+{
+  uint32_t width;      /* Image width */
+  uint32_t height;     /* Image height */
+} image_rect_type;
+
+
+typedef void (*notify_callback)(int32_t msgType,
+                                int32_t ext1,
+                                int32_t ext2,
+                                void* user);
+
+typedef void (*data_callback)(int32_t msgType,
+                              const sp<IMemory>& dataPtr,
+                              void* user);
+
+typedef void (*data_callback_timestamp)(nsecs_t timestamp,
+                                        int32_t msgType,
+                                        const sp<IMemory>& dataPtr,
+                                        void* user);
+
+/**
+ * CameraHardwareInterface.h defines the interface to the
+ * camera hardware abstraction layer, used for setting and getting
+ * parameters, live previewing, and taking pictures.
+ *
+ * It is a referenced counted interface with RefBase as its base class.
+ * CameraService calls openCameraHardware() to retrieve a strong pointer to the
+ * instance of this interface and may be called multiple times. The
+ * following steps describe a typical sequence:
+ *
+ *   -# After CameraService calls openCameraHardware(), getParameters() and
+ *      setParameters() are used to initialize the camera instance.
+ *      CameraService calls getPreviewHeap() to establish access to the
+ *      preview heap so it can be registered with SurfaceFlinger for
+ *      efficient display updating while in preview mode.
+ *   -# startPreview() is called.  The camera instance then periodically
+ *      sends the message CAMERA_MSG_PREVIEW_FRAME (if enabled) each time
+ *      a new preview frame is available.  If data callback code needs to use
+ *      this memory after returning, it must copy the data.
+ *
+ * Prior to taking a picture, CameraService calls autofocus(). When auto
+ * focusing has completed, the camera instance sends a CAMERA_MSG_FOCUS notification,
+ * which informs the application whether focusing was successful. The camera instance
+ * only sends this message once and it is up  to the application to call autoFocus()
+ * again if refocusing is desired.
+ *
+ * CameraService calls takePicture() to request the camera instance take a
+ * picture. At this point, if a shutter, postview, raw, and/or compressed callback
+ * is desired, the corresponding message must be enabled. As with CAMERA_MSG_PREVIEW_FRAME,
+ * any memory provided in a data callback must be copied if it's needed after returning.
+ */
+class CameraHardwareInterface : public virtual RefBase {
+public:
+    virtual ~CameraHardwareInterface() { }
+
+    /** Return the IMemoryHeap for the preview image heap */
+    virtual sp<IMemoryHeap>         getPreviewHeap() const = 0;
+
+    /** Return the IMemoryHeap for the raw image heap */
+    virtual sp<IMemoryHeap>         getRawHeap() const = 0;
+
+    /** Set the notification and data callbacks */
+    virtual void setCallbacks(notify_callback notify_cb,
+                              data_callback data_cb,
+                              data_callback_timestamp data_cb_timestamp,
+                              void* user) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The following three functions all take a msgtype,
+     * which is a bitmask of the messages defined in
+     * include/ui/Camera.h
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Enable a message, or set of messages.
+     */
+    virtual void        enableMsgType(int32_t msgType) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Disable a message, or a set of messages.
+     */
+    virtual void        disableMsgType(int32_t msgType) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Query whether a message, or a set of messages, is enabled.
+     * Note that this is operates as an AND, if any of the messages
+     * queried are off, this will return false.
+     */
+    virtual bool        msgTypeEnabled(int32_t msgType) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Start preview mode.
+     */
+    virtual status_t    startPreview() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Only used if overlays are used for camera preview.
+     */
+    virtual bool         useOverlay() {return false;}
+    virtual status_t     setOverlay(const sp<Overlay> &overlay) {return BAD_VALUE;}
+
+    /**
+     * Stop a previously started preview.
+     */
+    virtual void        stopPreview() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if preview is enabled.
+     */
+    virtual bool        previewEnabled() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Start record mode. When a record image is available a CAMERA_MSG_VIDEO_FRAME
+     * message is sent with the corresponding frame. Every record frame must be released
+     * by calling releaseRecordingFrame().
+     */
+    virtual status_t    startRecording() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Stop a previously started recording.
+     */
+    virtual void        stopRecording() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if recording is enabled.
+     */
+    virtual bool        recordingEnabled() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Release a record frame previously returned by CAMERA_MSG_VIDEO_FRAME.
+     */
+    virtual void        releaseRecordingFrame(const sp<IMemory>& mem) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Start auto focus, the notification callback routine is called
+     * with CAMERA_MSG_FOCUS once when focusing is complete. autoFocus()
+     * will be called again if another auto focus is needed.
+     */
+    virtual status_t    autoFocus() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Cancels auto-focus function. If the auto-focus is still in progress,
+     * this function will cancel it. Whether the auto-focus is in progress
+     * or not, this function will return the focus position to the default.
+     * If the camera does not support auto-focus, this is a no-op.
+     */
+    virtual status_t    cancelAutoFocus() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Take a picture.
+     */
+    virtual status_t    takePicture() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Cancel a picture that was started with takePicture.  Calling this
+     * method when no picture is being taken is a no-op.
+     */
+    virtual status_t    cancelPicture() = 0;
+
+    /** Set the camera parameters. */
+    virtual status_t    setParameters(const CameraParameters& params) = 0;
+
+    /** Return the camera parameters. */
+    virtual CameraParameters  getParameters() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Send command to camera driver.
+     */
+    virtual status_t sendCommand(int32_t cmd, int32_t arg1, int32_t arg2) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Release the hardware resources owned by this object.  Note that this is
+     * *not* done in the destructor.
+     */
+    virtual void release() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Dump state of the camera hardware
+     */
+    virtual status_t dump(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) const = 0;
+};
+
+/** factory function to instantiate a camera hardware object */
+extern "C" sp<CameraHardwareInterface> openCameraHardware();
+
+};  // namespace android
+
+#endif