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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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 ANDROID_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_FINGERPRINT_H
+#define ANDROID_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_FINGERPRINT_H
+
+#define FINGERPRINT_MODULE_API_VERSION_1_0 HARDWARE_MODULE_API_VERSION(1, 0)
+#define FINGERPRINT_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID "fingerprint"
+
+typedef enum fingerprint_msg {
+    FINGERPRINT_ERROR = -1,
+    FINGERPRINT_NO_MATCH = 0,
+    FINGERPRINT_MATCH = 1,
+    FINGERPRINT_TEMPLATE_COLLECTING = 2,
+    FINGERPRINT_TEMPLATE_REGISTERED = 3,
+    FINGERPRINT_TEMPLATE_DELETED = 4
+} fingerprint_msg_t;
+
+typedef enum fingerprint_error {
+    FINGERPRINT_ERROR_HW_UNAVAILABLE = 1,
+    FINGERPRINT_ERROR_BAD_CAPTURE = 2
+} fingerprint_error_t;
+
+/* Synchronous operation */
+typedef struct fingerprint_device {
+    struct hw_device_t common;
+
+    /*
+     * Figerprint enroll request: records and stores a fingerprint template.
+     * Timeout after temeout_sec seconds.
+     *
+     * Function return:
+     *   - Machine state: error, collected or registered.
+     *   - Data is interpreted as error code, collection percentage
+     *     or fingerprint id.
+     */
+    fingerprint_msg_t (*enroll)(unsigned timeout_sec, unsigned *data);
+
+    /*
+     * Figerprint remove request: deletes a fingerprint template.
+     *
+     * Function return:
+     *   - Delete result: error or success.
+     */
+    fingerprint_msg_t (*remove)(unsigned fingerprint_id);
+
+    /*
+     * Figerprint match request: Collect a fingerprint and
+     * match against stored template with fingerprint_id.
+     * Timeout after temeout_sec seconds.
+     *
+     * Function return:
+     *   - Match, no match or error.
+     */
+    fingerprint_msg_t (*match)(unsigned fingerprint_id, unsigned timeout_sec);
+
+    /* Reserved for future use. Must be NULL. */
+    void* reserved[8 - 3];
+} fingerprint_device_t;
+
+typedef struct fingerprint_module {
+    struct hw_module_t common;
+} fingerprint_module_t;
+
+/* For asyncronous mode - as a possible API model
+typedef void (*fingerprint_callback)(int request_id, fingerprint_msg msg, data);
+*/
+
+#endif  /* ANDROID_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_FINGERPRINT_H */