camera/device/3.5/ICameraDevice.hal

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package android.hardware.camera.device@3.5;

import android.hardware.camera.common@1.0::Status;
import @3.2::CameraMetadata;
import @3.2::ICameraDevice;
import @3.4::StreamConfiguration;

/**
 * Camera device interface
 *
 * Supports the android.hardware.Camera API, and the android.hardware.camera2
 * API at LIMITED or better hardware level.
 *
 */
interface ICameraDevice extends @3.2::ICameraDevice {

    /**
     * getPhysicalCameraCharacteristics:
     *
     * Return the static camera information for a physical camera ID backing
     * this logical camera device. This information may not change between consecutive calls.
     *
     * Note that HAL must support this function for physical camera IDs that are
     * not exposed via ICameraProvider::getCameraIdList(). Calling
     * getCameraDeviceInterface_V3_x() on these camera IDs must return ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.
     *
     * The characteristics of all cameras returned by
     * ICameraProvider::getCameraIdList() must be queried via
     * getCameraCharacteristics(). Calling getPhysicalCameraCharacteristics() on
     * those cameras must return ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.
     *
     * @param physicalCameraId The physical camera id parsed from the logical
     *     camera's ANDROID_LOGICAL_MULTI_CAMERA_PHYSICAL_IDS static metadata
     *     key. The framework assumes that this ID is just the <id> part of fully
     *     qualified camera device name "device@<major>.<minor>/<type>/<id>". And
     *     the physical camera must be of the same version and type as the parent
     *     logical camera device.
     *
     * @return status Status code for the operation, one of:
     *     OK:
     *         On a successful query of the physical camera device characteristics
     *     INTERNAL_ERROR:
     *         The camera device cannot be opened due to an internal
     *         error.
     *     CAMERA_DISCONNECTED:
     *         An external camera device has been disconnected, and is no longer
     *         available. This camera device interface is now stale, and a new
     *         instance must be acquired if the device is reconnected. All
     *         subsequent calls on this interface must return
     *         CAMERA_DISCONNECTED.
     *     ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT:
     *         If the physicalCameraId is not a valid physical camera Id outside
     *         of ICameraProvider::getCameraIdList().
     *
     * @return cameraCharacteristics
     *     The static metadata for this logical camera device's physical device, or an empty
     *     metadata structure if status is not OK.
     *
     */
    getPhysicalCameraCharacteristics(string physicalCameraId)
            generates (Status status, CameraMetadata cameraCharacteristics);


    /**
     * isStreamCombinationSupported:
     *
     * Check for device support of specific camera stream combination.
     *
     * The streamList must contain at least one output-capable stream, and may
     * not contain more than one input-capable stream.
     * In contrast to regular stream configuration the framework does not create
     * or initialize any actual streams. This means that Hal must not use or
     * consider the stream "id" value.
     *
     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     *
     * Preconditions:
     *
     * The framework can call this method at any time before, during and
     * after active session configuration. This means that calls must not
     * impact the performance of pending camera requests in any way. In
     * particular there must not be any glitches or delays during normal
     * camera streaming.
     *
     * Performance requirements:
     * This call is expected to be significantly faster than stream
     * configuration. In general HW and SW camera settings must not be
     * changed and there must not be a user-visible impact on camera performance.
     *
     * @return Status Status code for the operation, one of:
     *     OK:
     *          On successful stream combination query.
     *     METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED:
     *          The camera device does not support stream combination query.
     *     INTERNAL_ERROR:
     *          The stream combination query cannot complete due to internal
     *          error.
     * @return true in case the stream combination is supported, false otherwise.
     *
     */
    isStreamCombinationSupported(@3.4::StreamConfiguration streams)
            generates (Status status, bool queryStatus);
};