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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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 HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_PROVIDER_DEFAULT_EXTERNALCAMERAPROVIDER_H_
+#define HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_PROVIDER_DEFAULT_EXTERNALCAMERAPROVIDER_H_
+
+#include <ExternalCameraUtils.h>
+#include <SimpleThread.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/common/CameraDeviceStatus.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/common/VendorTagSection.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/device/ICameraDevice.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/provider/BnCameraProvider.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/provider/CameraIdAndStreamCombination.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/provider/ConcurrentCameraIdCombination.h>
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/camera/provider/ICameraProviderCallback.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <utils/Mutex.h>
+#include <utils/Thread.h>
+#include <thread>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace camera {
+namespace provider {
+namespace implementation {
+
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::common::CameraDeviceStatus;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::common::VendorTagSection;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::device::ICameraDevice;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::provider::BnCameraProvider;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::provider::CameraIdAndStreamCombination;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::provider::ConcurrentCameraIdCombination;
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::camera::provider::ICameraProviderCallback;
+using ::android::hardware::camera::common::helper::SimpleThread;
+using ::android::hardware::camera::external::common::ExternalCameraConfig;
+
+class ExternalCameraProvider : public BnCameraProvider {
+  public:
+    ExternalCameraProvider();
+    ~ExternalCameraProvider() override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setCallback(
+            const std::shared_ptr<ICameraProviderCallback>& in_callback) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getVendorTags(std::vector<VendorTagSection>* _aidl_return) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getCameraIdList(std::vector<std::string>* _aidl_return) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getCameraDeviceInterface(
+            const std::string& in_cameraDeviceName,
+            std::shared_ptr<ICameraDevice>* _aidl_return) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus notifyDeviceStateChange(int64_t in_deviceState) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getConcurrentCameraIds(
+            std::vector<ConcurrentCameraIdCombination>* _aidl_return) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus isConcurrentStreamCombinationSupported(
+            const std::vector<CameraIdAndStreamCombination>& in_configs,
+            bool* _aidl_return) override;
+
+  private:
+    void addExternalCamera(const char* devName);
+    void deviceAdded(const char* devName);
+    void deviceRemoved(const char* devName);
+    void updateAttachedCameras();
+
+    // A separate thread to monitor '/dev' directory for '/dev/video*' entries
+    // This thread calls back into ExternalCameraProvider when an actionable change is detected.
+    class HotplugThread : public SimpleThread {
+      public:
+        explicit HotplugThread(ExternalCameraProvider* parent);
+        ~HotplugThread() override;
+
+      protected:
+        bool threadLoop() override;
+
+      private:
+        // Returns true if thread initialization succeeded, and false if thread initialization
+        // failed.
+        bool initialize();
+
+        ExternalCameraProvider* mParent = nullptr;
+        const std::unordered_set<std::string> mInternalDevices;
+
+        bool mIsInitialized = false;
+
+        int mINotifyFD = -1;
+        int mWd = -1;
+
+        // struct to wrap mINotifyFD and poll it with timeout
+        struct pollfd mPollFd = {};
+        char mEventBuf[512] = {0};
+    };
+
+    Mutex mLock;
+    std::shared_ptr<ICameraProviderCallback> mCallback = nullptr;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, CameraDeviceStatus> mCameraStatusMap;  // camera id -> status
+    const ExternalCameraConfig mCfg;
+    std::shared_ptr<HotplugThread> mHotPlugThread;
+};
+
+}  // namespace implementation
+}  // namespace provider
+}  // namespace camera
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_PROVIDER_DEFAULT_EXTERNALCAMERAPROVIDER_H_