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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "CameraUtils"
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
+#include <camera/CameraUtils.h>
+
+#include <system/window.h>
+#include <system/graphics.h>
+
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+status_t CameraUtils::getRotationTransform(const CameraMetadata& staticInfo,
+                /*out*/int32_t* transform) {
+    ALOGV("%s", __FUNCTION__);
+
+    if (transform == NULL) {
+        ALOGW("%s: null transform", __FUNCTION__);
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    *transform = 0;
+
+    camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entry = staticInfo.find(ANDROID_SENSOR_ORIENTATION);
+    if (entry.count == 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: Can't find android.sensor.orientation in static metadata!", __FUNCTION__);
+        return INVALID_OPERATION;
+    }
+
+    camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entryFacing = staticInfo.find(ANDROID_LENS_FACING);
+    if (entry.count == 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: Can't find android.lens.facing in static metadata!", __FUNCTION__);
+        return INVALID_OPERATION;
+    }
+
+    int32_t& flags = *transform;
+
+    bool mirror = (entryFacing.data.u8[0] == ANDROID_LENS_FACING_FRONT);
+    int orientation = entry.data.i32[0];
+    if (!mirror) {
+        switch (orientation) {
+            case 0:
+                flags = 0;
+                break;
+            case 90:
+                flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_90;
+                break;
+            case 180:
+                flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_180;
+                break;
+            case 270:
+                flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_270;
+                break;
+            default:
+                ALOGE("%s: Invalid HAL android.sensor.orientation value: %d",
+                      __FUNCTION__, orientation);
+                return INVALID_OPERATION;
+        }
+    } else {
+        switch (orientation) {
+            case 0:
+                flags = HAL_TRANSFORM_FLIP_H;
+                break;
+            case 90:
+                flags = HAL_TRANSFORM_FLIP_H | HAL_TRANSFORM_ROT_90;
+                break;
+            case 180:
+                flags = HAL_TRANSFORM_FLIP_V;
+                break;
+            case 270:
+                flags = HAL_TRANSFORM_FLIP_V | HAL_TRANSFORM_ROT_90;
+                break;
+            default:
+                ALOGE("%s: Invalid HAL android.sensor.orientation value: %d",
+                      __FUNCTION__, orientation);
+                return INVALID_OPERATION;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This magic flag makes surfaceflinger un-rotate the buffers
+     * to counter the extra global device UI rotation whenever the user
+     * physically rotates the device.
+     *
+     * By doing this, the camera buffer always ends up aligned
+     * with the physical camera for a "see through" effect.
+     *
+     * In essence, the buffer only gets rotated during preview use-cases.
+     * The user is still responsible to re-create streams of the proper
+     * aspect ratio, or the preview will end up looking non-uniformly
+     * stretched.
+     */
+    flags |= NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_INVERSE_DISPLAY;
+
+    ALOGV("%s: final transform = 0x%x", __FUNCTION__, flags);
+
+    return OK;
+}
+
+
+} /* namespace android */