diff --git a/include/camera/CameraMetadata.h b/include/camera/CameraMetadata.h
index 8eeb2e7..fe2bd19 100644
--- a/include/camera/CameraMetadata.h
+++ b/include/camera/CameraMetadata.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <utils/Vector.h>
 
 namespace android {
+class Parcel;
 
 /**
  * A convenience wrapper around the C-based camera_metadata_t library.
@@ -159,6 +160,12 @@
     status_t erase(uint32_t tag);
 
     /**
+     * Swap the underlying camera metadata between this and the other
+     * metadata object.
+     */
+    void swap(CameraMetadata &other);
+
+    /**
      * Dump contents into FD for debugging. The verbosity levels are
      * 0: Tag entry information only, no data values
      * 1: Level 0 plus at most 16 data values per entry
@@ -169,6 +176,31 @@
      */
     void dump(int fd, int verbosity = 1, int indentation = 0) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Serialization over Binder
+     */
+
+    // Metadata object is unchanged when reading from parcel fails.
+    status_t readFromParcel(Parcel *parcel);
+    status_t writeToParcel(Parcel *parcel) const;
+
+    /**
+      * Caller becomes the owner of the new metadata
+      * 'const Parcel' doesnt prevent us from calling the read functions.
+      *  which is interesting since it changes the internal state
+      *
+      * NULL can be returned when no metadata was sent, OR if there was an issue
+      * unpacking the serialized data (i.e. bad parcel or invalid structure).
+      */
+    static status_t readFromParcel(const Parcel &parcel,
+                                   camera_metadata_t** out);
+    /**
+      * Caller retains ownership of metadata
+      * - Write 2 (int32 + blob) args in the current position
+      */
+    static status_t writeToParcel(Parcel &parcel,
+                                  const camera_metadata_t* metadata);
+
   private:
     camera_metadata_t *mBuffer;
     bool               mLocked;