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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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 METADATA_H_
+#define METADATA_H_
+
+#include <hardware/camera3.h>
+#include <hardware/gralloc.h>
+#include <system/camera_metadata.h>
+#include <system/graphics.h>
+
+namespace default_camera_hal {
+// Metadata is a convenience class for dealing with libcamera_metadata
+class Metadata {
+    public:
+        Metadata();
+        ~Metadata();
+
+        // Parse and add an entry
+        int addUInt8(uint32_t tag, int count, uint8_t *data);
+        int addInt32(uint32_t tag, int count, int32_t *data);
+        int addFloat(uint32_t tag, int count, float *data);
+        int addInt64(uint32_t tag, int count, int64_t *data);
+        int addDouble(uint32_t tag, int count, double *data);
+        int addRational(uint32_t tag, int count,
+                camera_metadata_rational_t *data);
+        // Generate a camera_metadata structure and fill it with internal data
+        camera_metadata_t *generate();
+
+    private:
+        // Validate the tag, type and count for a metadata entry
+        bool validate(uint32_t tag, int tag_type, int count);
+        // Add a verified tag with data to this Metadata structure
+        int add(uint32_t tag, int count, void *tag_data);
+
+        class Entry {
+            public:
+                Entry(uint32_t tag, void *data, int count);
+                ~Entry();
+                Entry *mNext;
+                Entry *mPrev;
+                const uint32_t mTag;
+                const void *mData;
+                const int mCount;
+                void insertAfter(Entry *e);
+        };
+        // List ends
+        Entry *mHead;
+        Entry *mTail;
+        // Append entry to list
+        void push(Entry *e);
+        // Total of entries and entry data size
+        int mEntryCount;
+        int mDataCount;
+        // Save generated metadata, invalidated on update
+        camera_metadata_t *mGenerated;
+        // Lock protecting the Metadata object for modifications
+        pthread_mutex_t mMutex;
+};
+} // namespace default_camera_hal
+
+#endif // METADATA_H_