broadcastradio/1.2/ITuner.hal

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package android.hardware.broadcastradio@1.2;

import @1.1::ITuner;

interface ITuner extends @1.1::ITuner {
    /**
     * Generic method for setting vendor-specific parameter values.
     * The framework does not interpret the parameters, they are passed
     * in an opaque manner between a vendor application and HAL.
     *
     * Framework does not make any assumptions on the keys or values, other than
     * ones stated in VendorKeyValue documentation (a requirement of key
     * prefixes).
     *
     * Results vector may not contain a result for each parameter being set,
     * it can even be empty.
     *
     * Application and HAL must not use keys with unknown prefix. In particular,
     * it must not place a key-value pair in results vector for unknown key from
     * parameters vector - instead, an unknown key should simply be ignored.
     * In other words, results vector may contain a subset of parameter keys
     * (however, the framework doesn't enforce a strict subset - the only
     * formal requirement is vendor domain prefix for keys).
     *
     * @param parameters Vendor-specific key-value pairs.
     * @return results Operation completion status for parameters being set.
     *                 Value format for result status is vendor-specific.
     */
    setParameters(vec<VendorKeyValue> parameters)
            generates (vec<VendorKeyValue> results);

    /**
     * Generic method for retrieving vendor-specific parameter values.
     * The framework does not interpret the parameters, they are passed
     * in an opaque manner between a vendor application and HAL.
     *
     * Framework does not cache set/get requests, so it's allowed for
     * getParameter to return a different value than previous setParameter call.
     *
     * The syntax and semantics of keys are up to the vendor (as long as prefix
     * rules are obeyed). For instance, vendors may include some form of
     * wildcard support. In such case, result vector may be of different size
     * than requested keys vector. However, wildcards are not recognized by
     * framework and they are passed as-is to the HAL implementation.
     *
     * Unknown keys must be ignored and not placed into results vector.
     *
     * @param keys Parameter keys to fetch.
     * @return parameters Vendor-specific key-value pairs.
     */
    getParameters(vec<string> keys) generates (vec<VendorKeyValue> parameters);
};