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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.media.bufferpool@2.0;
+
+import IAccessor;
+
+/**
+ * IClientManager manages IConnection(s) inside a process. A locally
+ * created IConnection represents a communication node(receiver) with the
+ * specified buffer pool(IAccessor).
+ * IConnection(s) are not exposed to other processes(IClientManager).
+ * IClientManager instance must be unique within a process.
+ */
+interface IClientManager {
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up a buffer receiving communication node for the specified
+     * buffer pool. A manager must create a IConnection to the buffer
+     * pool if it does not already have a connection.
+     *
+     * @param bufferPool a buffer pool which is specified with the IAccessor.
+     *     The specified buffer pool is the owner of received buffers.
+     * @return status The status of the call.
+     *     OK               - A sender was set successfully.
+     *     NO_MEMORY        - Memory allocation failure occurred.
+     *     ALREADY_EXISTS   - A sender was registered already.
+     *     CRITICAL_ERROR   - Other errors.
+     * @return connectionId the Id of the communication node to the buffer pool.
+     *     This id is used in FMQ to notify IAccessor that a buffer has been
+     *     sent to that connection during transfers.
+     */
+    registerSender(IAccessor bufferPool) generates
+        (ResultStatus status, int64_t connectionId);
+};