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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+ */
+
+#include <cmath>
+
+#include <mediautils/AImageReaderUtils.h>
+#include <hidl/HybridInterface.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace aimg {
+
+using hardware::hidl_vec;
+
+static sp<HGraphicBufferProducer> convertNativeHandleToHGBP (
+        const native_handle_t *handle) {
+    // Read the size of the halToken vec<uint8_t>
+    hidl_vec<uint8_t> halToken;
+    halToken.setToExternal(
+        reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(const_cast<int *>(&(handle->data[1]))),
+        handle->data[0]);
+    sp<HGraphicBufferProducer> hgbp =
+        HGraphicBufferProducer::castFrom(retrieveHalInterface(halToken));
+    return hgbp;
+}
+
+sp<HGraphicBufferProducer> AImageReader_getHGBPFromHandle(
+    const native_handle_t *handle) {
+    if (handle == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    if (handle->numFds != 0  ||
+        handle->numInts < std::ceil(sizeof(size_t) / sizeof(int))) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return convertNativeHandleToHGBP(handle);
+}
+
+} //namespace aimg
+} //namespace android