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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_HARDWARE_EFFECT_HAL_INTERFACE_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_EFFECT_HAL_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include <hardware/audio_effect.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class EffectHalInterface : public virtual RefBase
+{
+  public:
+    // The destructor automatically releases the effect.
+    virtual ~EffectHalInterface() {}
+
+    // Effect process function. Takes input samples as specified
+    // in input buffer descriptor and output processed samples as specified
+    // in output buffer descriptor.
+    virtual status_t process(audio_buffer_t *inBuffer, audio_buffer_t *outBuffer) = 0;
+
+    // Process reverse stream function. This function is used to pass
+    // a reference stream to the effect engine.
+    virtual status_t processReverse(audio_buffer_t *inBuffer, audio_buffer_t *outBuffer) = 0;
+
+    // Send a command and receive a response to/from effect engine.
+    virtual status_t command(uint32_t cmdCode, uint32_t cmdSize, void *pCmdData,
+            uint32_t *replySize, void *pReplyData) = 0;
+
+    // Returns the effect descriptor.
+    virtual status_t getDescriptor(effect_descriptor_t *pDescriptor) = 0;
+
+  protected:
+    // Subclasses can not be constructed directly by clients.
+    EffectHalInterface() {}
+};
+
+} // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_HARDWARE_EFFECT_HAL_INTERFACE_H