platform_hardware_interfaces/automotive/evs/1.0/IEvsEnumerator.hal

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package android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0;

import types;
import IEvsCamera;
import IEvsDisplay;


/**
 * Provides the mechanism for EVS camera discovery
 */
interface IEvsEnumerator {

    /**
     * Returns a list of all EVS cameras available to the system
     */
    getCameraList() generates (vec<CameraDesc> cameras);

    /**
     * Get the IEvsCamera associated with a cameraId from a CameraDesc
     *
     * Given a camera's unique cameraId from CameraDesc, returns the
     * IEvsCamera interface associated with the specified camera. When
     * done using the camera, the caller may release it by calling closeCamera().
     * Note: Reliance on the sp<> going out of scope is not recommended
     * because the resources may not be released right away due to asynchronos
     * behavior in the hardware binder (ref b/36122635).
     */
    openCamera(string cameraId) generates (IEvsCamera carCamera);

    /**
     * Return the specified IEvsCamera interface as no longer in use
     *
     * When the IEvsCamera object is no longer required, it must be released.
     * NOTE: Video streaming must be cleanly stopped before making this call.
     */
    closeCamera(IEvsCamera carCamera);


    /**
     * Get exclusive access to IEvsDisplay for the system
     *
     * There can be at most one EVS display object for the system and this function
     * requests access to it. If the EVS display is not available or is already in use,
     * a null pointer is returned.
     * When done using the display, the caller may release it by calling closeDisplay().
     * TODO(b/36122635) Reliance on the sp<> going out of scope is not recommended because the
     * resources may not be released right away due to asynchronos behavior in the hardware binder.
     */
    openDisplay() generates (IEvsDisplay display);

    /**
     * Return the specified IEvsDisplay interface as no longer in use
     *
     * When the IEvsDisplay object is no longer required, it must be released.
     * NOTE: All buffers must have been returned to the display before making this call.
     */
    closeDisplay(IEvsDisplay display);

    /**
     * This call requests the current state of the display
     *
     * If there is no open display, this returns DisplayState::NOT_OPEN. otherwise, it returns
     * the actual state of the active display.  This call is replicated on the IEvsEnumerator
     * interface in order to allow secondary clients to monitor the state of the EVS display
     * without acquiring exclusive ownership of the display.
     */
    getDisplayState() generates (DisplayState state);
};