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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "hci_internals.h"
+#include "hci_packetizer.h"
+
+namespace android::hardware::bluetooth::hci {
+
+using PacketReadCallback = std::function<void(const std::vector<uint8_t>&)>;
+using DisconnectCallback = std::function<void(void)>;
+
+class H4Protocol {
+ public:
+  H4Protocol(int fd, PacketReadCallback cmd_cb, PacketReadCallback acl_cb,
+             PacketReadCallback sco_cb, PacketReadCallback event_cb,
+             PacketReadCallback iso_cb, DisconnectCallback disconnect_cb);
+
+  size_t Send(PacketType type, const uint8_t* data, size_t length);
+  size_t Send(PacketType type, const std::vector<uint8_t>& data);
+
+  void OnDataReady();
+
+ protected:
+  size_t OnPacketReady(const std::vector<uint8_t>& packet);
+  void SendDataToPacketizer(uint8_t* buffer, size_t length);
+
+ private:
+  int uart_fd_;
+  bool disconnected_{false};
+
+  PacketReadCallback cmd_cb_;
+  PacketReadCallback acl_cb_;
+  PacketReadCallback sco_cb_;
+  PacketReadCallback event_cb_;
+  PacketReadCallback iso_cb_;
+  DisconnectCallback disconnect_cb_;
+
+  PacketType hci_packet_type_{PacketType::UNKNOWN};
+  HciPacketizer hci_packetizer_;
+
+  /**
+   * Question : Why read in single chunk rather than multiple reads?
+   * Answer: Using multiple reads does not work with some BT USB dongles.
+   * Reading in single shot gives expected response.
+   * ACL max length is 2 bytes, so using 64K as the buffer length.
+   */
+  static constexpr size_t kMaxPacketLength = 64 * 1024;
+};
+
+}  // namespace android::hardware::bluetooth::hci