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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.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.broadcastradio@1.0;
+
+import IBroadcastRadio;
+
+interface IBroadcastRadioFactory {
+
+    /*
+     * Connects to a broadcast radio HAL module for a given class
+     * (AM/FM, Satellite, DAB).
+     *
+     * @param classId Class of the module to connect to .
+     * @return retval operation completion status. Returns INVALID_ARGUMENTS
+     *         if there is no corresponding hardware module found,
+     *         NOT_INITIALIZED if an error occurred while opening the hardware
+     *         module.
+     * @return result the interface for the created module.
+     */
+    connectModule(Class classId)
+      generates (Result retval, IBroadcastRadio result);
+};