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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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_IMEDIAANALYTICSSERVICE_H
+#define ANDROID_IMEDIAANALYTICSSERVICE_H
+
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <binder/IInterface.h>
+#include <binder/Parcel.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <utils/List.h>
+
+#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+
+#include <media/MediaAnalyticsItem.h>
+// nope...#include <media/MediaAnalytics.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class IMediaAnalyticsService: public IInterface
+{
+public:
+    DECLARE_META_INTERFACE(MediaAnalyticsService);
+
+    // generate a unique sessionID to use across multiple requests
+    // 'unique' is within this device, since last reboot
+    virtual MediaAnalyticsItem::SessionID_t generateUniqueSessionID() = 0;
+
+    // submit the indicated record to the mediaanalytics service, where
+    // it will be merged (if appropriate) with incomplete records that
+    // share the same key and sessionid.
+    // 'forcenew' marks any matching incomplete record as complete before
+    // inserting this new record.
+    // returns the sessionID associated with that item.
+    virtual MediaAnalyticsItem::SessionID_t submit(sp<MediaAnalyticsItem> item, bool forcenew) = 0;
+
+
+    // return lists of records that match the supplied parameters.
+    // finished [or not] records since time 'ts' with key 'key'
+    // timestamp 'ts' is nanoseconds, unix time.
+    virtual List<sp<MediaAnalyticsItem>> *getMediaAnalyticsItemList(bool finished, int64_t ts) = 0;
+    virtual List<sp<MediaAnalyticsItem>> *getMediaAnalyticsItemList(bool finished, int64_t ts, MediaAnalyticsItem::Key key) = 0;
+
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class BnMediaAnalyticsService: public BnInterface<IMediaAnalyticsService>
+{
+public:
+    virtual status_t    onTransact( uint32_t code,
+                                    const Parcel& data,
+                                    Parcel* reply,
+                                    uint32_t flags = 0);
+};
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_IMEDIASTATISTICSSERVICE_H